accept that the non-whites who are born here and have no links with their parents country of birth are really british
or is britishness down to skin tone!
2006-12-12 23:49:55 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No!
They have their own customs and religions. How can they be 100% british if their ancestors were not born in this country. They may be british citizens but they will never be british!
For me being British/English is a case of skin tone
2006-12-12 23:52:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 5⤋
Of course they are British with or without links to their parents country. I saw a discussion program once that accepted the British description but not English. Crazy huh.
2006-12-19 04:25:47 · answer #2 · answered by malta1943 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to David S. you have to follow the English way of life to be British. I'm from Scotland and always thought Scotland was part of British Isles . He must have a faulty map or something. Well anyway I would say you are British
2006-12-16 08:47:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skin colour is neither here nor there. I think it's more of a cultural thing. England don't have vast tracts of land like Africa or oil like Asia but it does have a culture that has been evolving in a civilised world for centuries. And that culture has proven itself a success. Of cause they don't take kindly to the "in your face" antics of the black , or the religious zealous of the Asian telling them how it should be done. (generalisation of cause) Adopt the culture and most British will accept you as one of there own.
And this is coming from an African.
2006-12-13 01:00:10 · answer #4 · answered by BravoWon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being a white born in England I can let you know that I accept it! I am always surprised that people ask questions like this and kind of hope that everyone would just answer as I have, maybe then the world would be a more gentle place and people would be kinder to each other. I do realise that for a myriad of reasons that is not the case.
2006-12-12 23:57:16 · answer #5 · answered by Flossie 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Anyone who is born in Britain is British. They may grow up with some of the customs of their parent's culture, but Nationality is about where you are born.
2006-12-20 11:12:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are born in this country then they British citizenship. If they hold a British Passport, then they are British. My wife is from Pakistan She is now a British citizen, she holds a British passport, she is British.
If we are all going to judge by culture and skin colour and origin...then none of us are British. This country has been built on immigration our language is of Germanic decent. This country is a hybrid of different nationalities.
2006-12-13 00:10:24 · answer #7 · answered by Qwerty_Monster_Munch 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your nationality is British but like everyone else you have African roots.
Here is the reality- people cannot follow the concept (either due to ignorance or plain stupidity or just plain lack of education in the area) that the human race started in AFRICA!
The oldest human remains were found in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia) -whoever migrated to other continents did so due to the inner need to always "find better"...Truth is there is no such thing-
NO ONE person is better-no one "race" is better than the other...etc- Classification like those are useless and do nothing but steer away from the truth-
I doubt the world will ever come to terms with the fact that we are all the same-if you're interested more in this subject see my last few question or email me-
I am so tired on this ignorance as you can tell--- maybe one day people will focus more on what is actually important.
2006-12-12 23:59:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I generally believe that some can be British, regardless of skin tone, although it depends on where their loyalty lies. If there was a war between UK and their country of ancestral origin, even though they were born in UK, which side would they be on? And have people forgot that some of the terrorists were British born??!!
2006-12-12 23:53:47 · answer #9 · answered by Coco 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I am white, was born in England but my parents were not. I have a british passport, for convenience, but also have a passport of my parents' country, I consider myself to be the same nationality as my parents. And by that I am not knocking this country, it has given me a good life, and we are fully integrated and have never sponged off the state. dont judge everyone by their colour - a lot of white people have foreign parentage. I consider black/asian/anything else born here to be the same as me.
2006-12-13 00:01:10 · answer #10 · answered by Helen C 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I'm white and have moved to another country so how British am I?
Yes I accept non whites as being British. Its about who you are proud to be and where you choose as your home. I beleive you can be loyal to two countries
2006-12-12 23:57:39 · answer #11 · answered by nycgrl 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋