Thanks for that explanation #, but I see no racism against coloured people in Scotland....we tend to judge the measure of others by their behaviour rather than their skin colour.

Everyone discriminates in some way its just a fact of life, but I have heard nothing on colour for years.

Why do you think it manifests itself so strongly in America...has it something to do with it's slave owning history?
If so, we scots should have the same mindset, as we were heavily involved in the slave, trade both as procurers and slave owners in parts of America.

However colour is really no problem here....the immigrants who are putting such a strain on our country's infrastructure are mostly white from Eastern Europe. We have quite a large Indian and Pakistani population here and although they make little attempt to integrate socially, in a business sense they have found a niche.

Best wishes BTW, we could do with seeing more of you on these pages, common sense is in short supply.....I think perhaps my friend GfS misunderstood your meaning.