Writing this in response to Anton.

Yes, as a student in the U.K. I felt I had nothing in common with the Whyte U.K. students my age . I had no interest in drinking alcohol or bed- hopping, nor in being rowdy on the streets or dirty at home … so I was considered boring and uncool .

My close friends became some Phd and MA students from Kenya, Iran, Kuwait and South Africa as they were passionate about their studies and of course had much more interesting life experiences than the local Whyte who’d just left school. Nothing of their behaviour I found the least bit attractive !

I think Antoun's insight is correct that a lot of people from other cultural heritages are trying to assimilate and copy the manners and values that are 'normal' in the Whyte culture, such as putting elders in old peoples' homes.