Third Culture Comedy, Inter-racial marriage and ethnicity in the UK

After reading a profile of standup Imran Yusuf on the Guardian, I went on YouTube looking for clips. Here he is - and very funny. I often think about how Anya and Samudra will cope with being 'Third Culture' and a bit different from their peers. This guy seems to get on just fine.

Here in Indonesia, mixed-race marriages are pretty common, especially in our community of international schools. The government recently passed legislation to allow foreign spouses to stay and work without a KITAS, or restrictive work permit, which will be great if it all works out.

Thinking about moving, our mixed kids and what life might be like if we ever moved back to Europe...

There was also an interesting infographic in Good magazine about evolving attitudes to inter-racial marriages.  This is based in the US - I wonder how the stats might be different if surveyed in the UK.

The Guardian's datablog posted an infographic this week about the ethnic populations of the UK.

"The mixed-race population has neared a million for the first time - from 672,000 in 2001 to 986,600 in 2009, an increase of nearly 50%. A third are mixed Afro-Caribbean and white, followed by Asian/white. The ONS statistician said this is not a result of increasing birth rates but more that we are becoming less divided: "the population is mixing up more".

"...The whitest borough is Blanaeu Gwent in Wales...  followed by Copeland in Cumbria, where only 2% of the population are not white."