racism towards asians but not blacks?

that's a ridiculous statement thus rendering the following question redundant.

...but to answer it anyway - in this film it's only Zeberdee and Raf that show racism towards the two Asians on the bus and that was just to show how immature and deluded they were, none of the other hooligan characters are shown as being racist at all.

"I never had any friends again like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anybody?"

I think the fact that immigration of black people to Britain happened slightly before the large scale immigration from Asia. Only a generation's difference, but I think that meant there was just that much more integration between blacks and whites than there were with Asians. Just an idea.

There's a minority of Blacks & Asians that don't get along. Especially in places like Birmingham. So, as the saying goes 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. Asians are often regarded at the bottom of the social pool when it comes to racism, or the most hated.

I know this post is oldddd, but I had to say something. Well, first of all, OP: your question assumes there is any logic to racism. Second of all, you're doing that thing where people bunch all minorities, ethnicities together and expect that we all are the same because we've experienced some form of prejudice or oppression. Like it's one big happy rainbow under oppression. Just because this film depicts some kind of superficial truce between two different races, doesn't mean that suddenly all the races should be shown as BFFs. People are irrational and complicated.

As a British-born Asian, I would say that there is more racism towards Asians than blacks in British society. Black and white cultures are not that different so it's easier for them to get along. The Asians came mostly as cheap labour (some professionals and businessmen too), but their children are more successful academically and economically than whites and are seen as a threat. I was a teacher in North London for a few months and learned that young thugs perceive Asians as weak and blacks as strong, so paki-bashing was a favorite pastime in the 80's (I was on the receiving end). It was quite common back then for people to shout "Paki!" at you as you walked down the street - one reason why I left England. Things may have changed outwardly in the last 30 years, but probably not people's hearts.

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