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Is Birmingham a model of integration, or are communities divided?

We asked people from several communities on New Street how well they think Birmingham’s different communities mix. Here’s what they had to say.

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00:00I think people live separate lives, 100%.
00:04Because there's different areas in Birmingham.
00:05I'm already from Birmingham, I've reached from London,
00:07but obviously I came to Birmingham, but I've noticed that there's loads of Asian people,
00:12Arabs, different mixes of communities and that.
00:15I think it depends on the people, really.
00:18It's because I know a lot of people around my age,
00:20I don't mind mixing with lots of different communities
00:21because I think the one thing I stick by is respect for other people.
00:27Birmingham is a multiracial city.
00:29It always has been. It's the second largest city in all of Britain.
00:33So we should have mixed cultures.
00:35It's not about them and us, because we are all us at the end of the day.
00:41I went to a school where there's a bunch of different communities.
00:44I feel like the communities were good at mixing with each other.
00:48I respected people's religions and their values and morals and they respected mine.
00:53So I feel like even in the area I live in,
00:55I live in an area where there's not much people from my community,
01:00but everyone still affects each other.
01:02Everyone talks about integration, but the integration is by areas.
01:08I don't see a lot of integration other than what's in the particular areas.
01:14They all keep themselves to themselves in different areas.
01:17So I'm Muslim for example, and I got many friends that are Christian,
01:21that respect my beliefs and I respect their beliefs.
01:24And as a queer to a whole, my culture, I respect their culture.
01:28important so that everyone everyone meets.mesus.
01:28much. need me.
01:28Thank you.

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