Living apart
White and brown areas in Britain’s northern towns are segregated. Why?
A MONTH after Asian and white youths rioted on three hot nights in the northern industrial town of Oldham, the temperature rose again, and it was Burnley's turn. The sequence of events in both places—from minor incident to major riot in minutes—was very similar, as are the conditions in which the violence flared—segregated white and brown people united only by suspicion of each other.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Living apart”
From the June 30th 2001 edition
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