This is a quote from yesterday's Independent Newspaper (5.10.2005). It comes from Mrs Mary Kemp, aged 82, of the Broadwater Farm Estate in Tottenham, North London: "We are pure English and do you know what that means? It means being tolerant of people, regardless of colour or creed. It means embracing people who are different from you."
A remarkable statement, really, when you consider that Broadwater Farm experienced a notorious race riot only 20 years ago. the rest of the article discusses how the estate has now become a model of racial harmony and now contains 39 different nationalities compared with around 3 in 1985.
All I can say is, " good on yer Mary!"