<p>Thank you to JackUK and Cupcake both. To JackUK for getting it and Cupcake for so beautifully illustrating my point. I dont intend to get into any discussion of whether England/UK is a racist society. I was simply trying to answer the OPs general question about cultural differences, specifically her question of how liberal and openminded the colleges in England are. So I wanted to give OP a heads up re the use of language/attitudes which can be quite shocking whether it stems from rudeness, ignorance or insularity (knowing only three Jewish people as per post 8). In any case, heres a friendly word of advice for Cupcake trust me, dont use the term chinkie in the US.</p>