I have no problem with people who are 1st generation immigrants being XXX-British, but I guess that I'm just not comfortable conflating ethnicity with origin once people are born here.
Except, I guess, that people brought up in Indian households in the UK will actually feel half Indian and half British.
Although I also emotionally shy away from strong definitions of 'British' on the grounds that I don't actually like cricket very much myself...
Despite (as in Kimberly's comment) some people wanting to be known as African-American, I have to say I think if they thought about it for a second, they'd realise just how derogatory that is.
As in, you're not American. No, you're that sub-class of American - African-American. I've never liked the sound of that. White American, Black American - at least that way, it's only about a difference in colour.
Personally, I think the 'PC' brigade does far more harm than good, and continues to highlight 'causes' as somehow being 'causes', instead of simply saying - "They're a person, like you or me."
I'm sure I ranted about this in my journal a while back....
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Except, I guess, that people brought up in Indian households in the UK will actually feel half Indian and half British.
Although I also emotionally shy away from strong definitions of 'British' on the grounds that I don't actually like cricket very much myself...
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I think most of the Scottish population would fail the "Tebbit Test" too...
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White people are born in Africa to, you know, as are many other races....
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In which case, how to refer to people of that type?
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Despite (as in Kimberly's comment) some people wanting to be known as African-American, I have to say I think if they thought about it for a second, they'd realise just how derogatory that is.
As in, you're not American. No, you're that sub-class of American - African-American. I've never liked the sound of that. White American, Black American - at least that way, it's only about a difference in colour.
Personally, I think the 'PC' brigade does far more harm than good, and continues to highlight 'causes' as somehow being 'causes', instead of simply saying - "They're a person, like you or me."
I'm sure I ranted about this in my journal a while back....