Well, in her case
I suspect the fact that she has lived in the same town all her life, she's 96 and seen it go from being entirely white to now, I think, about 80% Asian. Plus, the major immigrant influx coincided with the failing of the mills, so that gave the local white population something else to blame for their jobs disappearing.

I'm not sure how well-equipped our generataion is to comment on "old people racism" as we've grown up in a more-or-less multicultural society and have had access to so much more information about the rest of the world.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:40, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Makes sense. I also suspect that a lot of the elderly read the Daily Mail which must be a contributory factor.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 10:45, Reply)