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Stuff White People Like in the UK & Life in the UK

Stuff White People Like

Stuff White People Like

Someone left a newspaper on the train I took this morning (the Daily Mail) and I had a flip through it and came across this article…the content seemed familiar. The end of the article points out that Stuff White People Like: The Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions is now available in the UK.

This is a book based on the popular website.

Interesting difference is it talks about “middle class people” instead of White people. Class as opposed to race.

Possibly because over 90% of the UK population is White (according to the 2001 census) vs. 74% in the US (according to 2006 American Community Survey)…people just aren’t faced with race as an issue so much outside of London.

According to the 2001 census 45% of all ethnic minority people live in the London area, where they form nearly one-third of the population (29%).

The only reason I knew these stats exist is from studying random statistics for the Life in the UK test.

I passed by the way  : )

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Democracy on Deadline

Ages ago I did some freelance translation work for a documentary – it was rebroadcast on PBS today. Democracy on Deadline tells the stories of reporters in danger zones. I did translation from Hebrew to English for the Israel/Palestine part of the film. They cover the Haaretz newspaper during a time I was working for the English-language edition entertainment guide.

PBS site here
Reviews here and here.
ITVS page with discussion guide
Film Credits
DVD for Sale
DVD for Sale

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