By Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa
Trust is the cornerstone and pillar to any relationship be it business or personal. It is very important for all desiring to sustain relations for them to define the word trust and know it is the key to that end. Where there is no trust, it bleeds fear, fear of ones shadows.
Fear is a dangerous thing and it comes quite often when trust is lost. Trust of self make people to create things in their minds that are not there. It feeds on unrealistic dreams that from one thought grows into a monstrous and destructive thought. Obviously, the start of all in pursuit of positivity and excellence is trusting self, by extension others follow suit to trust you.
Loss of trust in others and similar result in the mind creating unreal situations that from one negative thought about the people you have lost trust in. By and by the mistrust results in the mind creating negative scenarios quite exaggeratively on what you would think the other party is scheming against you. This includes in relationships of opposite sexes such as marriage. It also hover around relationships at work and or in business transactions where absence of trust between parties can have dire consequences.
The quotes this week are extracted from the book that talks about the diversity in people of the United Kingdom (UK) and on how relations are shaped in a society that is dynamic. I am sure that the selected quotes from this book listed below will enlighten you to one or two life lessons, read and enjoy:
ETHNICITY, RACE AND INEQUALITY IN THE UK – STATE OF THE NATION by Bridget Byrne Et. al.
“The demographic composition of Britain’s ethnic minority population continues to be significantly shaped by Britain’s past imperial history and colonialism in different parts of the world, subsequent decolonisation, conflict and globalisation which have determined who, where and when immigrants settled in Britain. While there have been centuries of global contact, trade, migration and settlement in the UK (particularly in London and port cities such as Liverpool, Bristol and Cardiff), the groups that we tend to consider as the main ethnic minorities in contemporary Britain are historically connected to the migration of predominantly non-white migrants in the postwar period (Finney and Simpson, 2009). These migrants were generally taking up their rights as colonial subjects to move to Britain. …… While there continues to be a debate about the theorisation (or lack therefore) of the main ethnic categories used in Britain…….”
“Despite this climate of hostility, Britain is now more ethnically, racially and religiously diverse than ever, and migration and multiculturalism form part of the mundane fabric of everyday life. ………… “
“Immigration policy emerges out of the state’s attempt to control the movement of people across national borders. In Britain, immigration policy has developed over the last 100 years and has often been in response to the movements of racialised groups perceived as culturally different. Thus immigration policy is often used to define who are desirable and undesirable migrants and citizens in ways which are frequently racialised. The history has been fundamentally shaped by empire, and particularly the withdrawal of rights to UK citizenship and residence in the UK for many non-white subjects as the empire ended. It is also worth noting that Ireland has been a major source of immigrants to the UK in the last century but is not subject to modern migration controls.”
“Other examples of practices that have implications for ethnic minority groups can be seen in the implementation of a new minimum income requirement in July 2012. The minimum income requirement states that UK citizens and settled residents who wished to bring their spouses or partners from outside the EU into the UK have to earn a minimum of £18,600. The income increases depending on the number of additional dependants (such as children) a citizen wants to to join them in the UK………”
