25% of state school pupils are from an ethnic minority

Article in the Guardian today by Jessica Shepherd saying that 25% of state school pupils are from an ethnic minority.

This is a huge change in the composition of the general population, and is likely to be permanent (since as they get older they will form relationships and have children of their own).

It raises some interesting questions about the future nature of British society.  25% is probably too large a number to be integrated into the general population, therefore within ten to twelve years (when the 25% will achieve voting rights) we will start to see changes.  The positive benefits of this diversity are so familiar they hardly need repeating.

But there are some negative aspects that need to be considered.

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies that do not have functioning democracies, are they automatically going to value the British parliamentary model?

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies that do not have trial by jury or the principle of innocent until proven guilty will these legal concepts survive?

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies where trade unions are not recognised how are trade unions going to recruit from this segment of the population?

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies where corruption is endemic, will that become an increasing feature of British society?

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies that place no value on animal life, will animal welfare standards start to regress?

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies that do not value women's rights, will women experience a rise in discrimination?

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies where the death penalty is a familiar part of the justice code, will there be pressure to readopt this into the British legal system?

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies that enforce sexual taboos, will these become a feature of British society?

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies that do not have a good record on the environment, will that change the nature of the environmental debate?

If the 25% of newcomers are from societies that do not have established consumer behaviour, how is this going to affect the way goods are marketed?

Ten per cent, and you could say they would be integrated (even though there are no official policies for national integration).  Twenty-five per cent is too large a sector to integrate.  Therefore there are going to be changes.