New Ethnicities Online

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New Ethnicities Online

• David Parker and Miri Song

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British Chinese population

• Public profile?
• Contrasts with high educational and
  socio-economic achievement
• Geographical dispersal around Britain is a
  crucial consideration

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Web sites produced by second generation

• www.dimsum.co.uk
• www.britishbornchinese.org.uk
• Over 6,000 members, 600,000 messages on its
  discussion forum

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Sharing experiences of racism

• They used to hang around outside our shop
  window, sometimes opening the door to shout abuse
  at us or to throw a snowball or firework into the
  shop. () When I get someone like that, I just
  ignore them or give as good as I get, even though
  my parents say I should just learn to tolerate
  them and not offend the customers. But I'm too
  proud of being Chinese just to give in and take
  it

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Online and offline

• Regular social gatherings in London, Manchester,
  Hong Kong
• Occasional charity events
• Other forms of mobilisation?

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2001 Foot and Mouth demonstration