I haven't formed my opinion in a vacuum, I do listen as well as talk and that includes to UK folk. I also like to ask questions and elicit responses by posing theories and opinions. I do understand why some non-white Brits believe in the conflict model - that is their prerogative and I have no quarrel with them. I am very happy to agree to disagree on how the world works and why it works in the way it does. What I won't do is adapt my method of discourse to comply with the requirements of a model I don't believe in, especially if to do so would actively be harmful according to the model that I do believe in. I am aware that this is annoying to people who do believe in the 'patriarchy' model, but there isn't much I can do about that. If people don't want to agree to disagree then that also is their prerogative.


Can I point out, incidentally, that at no point in my comments have I said that I personally believe racial relations in Britain to be entirely harmonious - I've never mentioned what I do or do not believe on that subject. You seem to be just assuming you know what I believe based on my description of the difference between the US and the UK. I was describing the general ethos of the two countries as it strikes me, not my own beliefs, opinions and experiences.