I work in town, get my lunch in town and am there nearly every day, and no don't sense any tension in town, just people getting on with their lives.
Where i have felt tension is in the scraggy estate areas like crag, holmewood, ravenscliff etc where surprisingly there isn't many minorities. Oak lane for example, where the riots happened, at one time you wouldnt see many white folk if i'm honest. Go there now and its brimming with everyone, because of the development of the park. Talking about the park go any day of the week and you will see people of all ethnicities sharing the spaces, joggers, mums with kids etc.
Yep same expirences in them areas to be honest. It's a problem like you said you wouldnt see x or y in the area and some are changing but some are just getting worse. Bradford Moor Park is a prime example early morning every different race, creed, sex , age is out walking dogs etc. Go early afternoon, evening you don't see anyone else other than gangs of primarily asain youth. Integration in this city has gone downhill and it's making it more segregated and racial ghettos are been formed fact