Good points and this is a true story.
My Mother was a housing manager for the council. She told me that their workers seen first hand and always talked about the reluctance, of most Asian families, to integrate into society. One day she was showing two asian blokes and an asian female around a potential new property for them. It was in South Shields, which has a big asian community. However, this particular property was on the outskirts near the hospitals, which didn't have many asians living there. When she asked what they though about the property, the Asian guy who could speak English asked his mate what he thought and the guy just dropped his head and muttered 'Too white'
My Mother said she knew straightaway that it had slipped out and she just pretended that she never heard it because she was taken aback by that comment.
I have seen and heard this happen first hand saffy. But for me there are underlying issues in some of these cases.
I'll give you a gods honest true example.
As part of my degree we looked at the big council estate in Yorkshire, second biggest in Europe at the time and easterhouse up in Scotland.
We spent a fee days in each and spoke to residents and various associations and there was a theme that they couldn't get asian folk to move into them.
One residents association chair actually said in his presentation "trying to find any Asians in our estate is like looking for a ****** in a woodpile". Exact words. Any wonder for the reluctance?
Another time a mate of mine who worked for nacro was telling us how he was with a Somalian family who had been facing racism on an all white estate and felt they were not getting rehoused quick enough. Some folk in services felt they just wanted to move so were overplaying the racism angle.
So a meeting was arranged with a few people in their house. As the meeting was taking place bricks came in through the window.
I myself now live in an area with a high immigrant population. Having moved to an all white estate, my white wife used to get ****. It was just kids and I could have dealt with it. But it's the mither. The worst thing that happened there was Tcut poured on my car overnight, stripping the paintwork. This was 10-12 years ago though.
That said there are obvious benefits to living close to folk that are similar.b so for me food and access to a mosque is more important than the racial profile of my neighbours