It's a fascinating, if disturbing, study. But what you find over here is that, as always, class has more to do with it than race.

Fact is, a Black man wearing an Old Etonian tie and speaking in the proper, plummy, tones will do a lot better than a white chap who went to a State school and has a regional accent. A minority of Afro-Caribbean families cottoned on to this and, having taken advantage of the free University education of the 60s and 70s, as well as the plentiful jobs available, made their way into the professions and were able to send their children to private schools. Later immigrants from Africa have tended to be middle-class to begin with, and arrived 'knowing the ropes'.

That said, the majority of Afro-Caribbeans in the UK remain working or lower-middle class.

The later immigrants from India and Pakistan have a different dynamic. They tend to cling to their own culture more, they are clannish and prefer to do business among themselves. Whether this is a cause or an effect of racism is difficult to work out. But because even the high-caste families behave very differently from middle- or upper- class white people, there is still a lack of sharing and communication, and thus bad attitudes (on both sides). Especially with Muslims, a devout group trying to live in a country which has been almost dogmatically secular since 1945. For instance, Ramadan here has just ended, and I've heard the usual crop of complaints from non-Muslim bosses and colleagues of all shaopes, sizes and colours, about the deleterious effect fasting co-workers have had on the quantity and quality of work.

On the whole, it's better than it used to be, and hard-right White Supremacist politicians and parties have been pushed very much to the fringes. But there are still issues, bad habits and bad practices that are passed along and need to be tackled. Still, KBO, as they say!