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Veserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days ago

‘I’m British, British Asian, English’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity

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‘I’m British, British Asian, English’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity

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Veserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days ago
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Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’
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      He’s something of a bell-end, and I’m not 100% certain he’s human - but he was born in England, so whatever he actually is, he’s an English one of it.

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        If I’m ethically English and born in China, am I Chinese?

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          That sounds like a question for mid-90s Hong Kong! :)

          It’s an interesting question though, as “Chinese” can be used as both a Nationality and an Ethnicity (and a language and a style of food). I don’t think I’ve ever heard of “English” being used as an Ethnicity before, but it wouldn’t surprise me if people had started trying to do that.

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            Have you ever completed a census?

            White English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Roma Any other White background

            https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/style-guide/ethnic-groups/

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              Yes, I’ve done quite a few. From your link, it looks like they recently added “English” as a subsection of “white” in 2011 (it used to just say “British”). Anyway, as far as I would understand it, the ethnicity in the link above is “white”. I don’t think Sunak was saying he was ethnically white, but that his national identity was English - not that I’m defending him in any way - as mentioned above, he’s a bell-end.

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              Children born in Wales and adults who’ve lived here for much of their life are Welsh as far as I and most people I know are concerned. Fuck off with your ethno-nationalist cretinism.

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      He was born in England. What do you imagine he is, then?

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        To add to this:

        Asian or Asian British Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Any other Asian background

        https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/style-guide/ethnic-groups/

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        British.

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      If he was born in England your in for a shock

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        I know where he’s born. Don’t conflate nationality and ethnicity.

        He’s British.

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