But there are two different ways to be English or British, through nationality or ethnicity. The majority of British people would consider you English and British as a nationality and identity if you want it. However you're not English ethnically, and ethnicity is what people are arguing about in this thread. I doubt most of them put that much significance on ethnicity or would deny that your nationality and identity is English and British (like the BNP might). It's just that this thread is about ethnicity.(Original post by 4G_dollars)
I consider myself to be English and British, but I can't, according to the logic of some. I am a person with no nationality.
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- 17-01-2010 19:08
(Original post by etnies)
ethnically British = white
British by nationality = [input race]
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- 17-01-2010 19:12
(Original post by Good Apollo)
If you read my other posts in this thread, you'll find the link to a wikipedia article which explains British genetic ancestry in great detail.
Although it has apparenly tighened security, it is still based on contributions and for all you know, some diehard National Front supporter who knows a little about science could have fabricated and written that.
i would find it hard to believe that after countless waves of immigration, not just in the 20th century but throughout British History, that the genes of these orignal hunters remains in 80% of us.
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- 17-01-2010 19:13
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What about those whose grandparents came from parts of Europe during the war? They're born in England as well as their parents but their grandparents may be from Poland and not even speak English. -
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- 17-01-2010 19:15
Either way, we all descended from fish. Nick Griffin has a bit of evolution to catch up on, mind.
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- 17-01-2010 19:17
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Their nationality would be British but their ethnicity would not. -
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- 17-01-2010 19:17
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Their nationality would be British but their ethnicity would not. -
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- 17-01-2010 19:19
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Yes, that was my point. -
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- 17-01-2010 19:19
(Original post by az1992)
I just want to point out that unless you can link that statistic to the website of an organisation that researches in genetics, it remains unreliable.
Although it has apparenly tighened security, it is still based on contributions and for all you know, some diehard National Front supporter who knows a little about science could have fabricated and written that.
i would find it hard to believe that after countless waves of immigration, not just in the 20th century but throughout British History, that the genes of these orignal hunters remains in 80% of us.
The name Griffin itself is the name of a mythical creature that has its origins in Persia.
I find it rather strange that we would have retained 80% of our DNA when you look at the history of the British Isles I was taught in school, but there have been quite a few advances recently which have lead to different evidence about exactly how many different races have invaded England, and for how long. It's a really fascinating subject in and of itself (I think if I hadn't decided to become a scientist, I would have been a historian), and I hate it to be marred by all this talk of racism and politics. -
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- 17-01-2010 19:20
(Original post by Teaddict)
This is interesting.
IF they have an opinion (that most disagree with) they should be rigorously challenged... Okay then, anyone who thinks black people born in Britain are British should be rigorously challenged as well?
No?
Though I believe citizenship is not a ethnic concept, I still find the anti-BNP bias hilarious, because it is often from the people who claim to love free speech, then condemn the BNP for using their right of free speech.
Ahh the confusion. You can have free speech if you don't say this... not very free is it? -
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- 17-01-2010 19:21
(Original post by nolongerhearthemusic)
Oh yeah, just realised she'd put "white" as British. Though I think she means white British people? I dunno... -
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- 17-01-2010 19:23
(Original post by gm15)
But what about me (according to your theory)...3 british/english grandparents 1 german grandparent?
(Original post by CombineHarvester)
I thought it was clumsy to label white=ethnically British. In fact, it's ridiculous. There's probably been Asian/Black people who have been here three generations and thus longer than many Polish people for example.Last edited by nolongerhearthemusic; 17-01-2010 at 19:25. -
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- 17-01-2010 19:35
(Original post by CombineHarvester)
What about those whose grandparents came from parts of Europe during the war? They're born in England as well as their parents but their grandparents may be from Poland and not even speak English.
I am white myself and I am nowhere near British -
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- 17-01-2010 20:14
(Original post by vroom9)
They are allowed freedom of speech, by token others are free to criticize their views. It is worrying when being "anti-BNP" is a slur. The BNP are hardly for freedom of speech of their opponents; whenever you try to argue with them they use ad hominem attacks against you. Most news organisations do not want to be associated with, as what most people know they are, far right national socialists. -
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- 17-01-2010 20:40
(Original post by Tetrahydro)
I was talking about genetic difference, and genetics is what the BNP bases its idea of the "British race" on. It's a flawed idea because the English are very genetically different to the Scottish and Welsh. We are Germanic, they are Celtic. We are more closely related to the Dutch and Germans than to the Scottish and Welsh.
Think of it this way; the Spanish, French, Germans and Italians are separate ethnic and cultural identities and they share land borders, we are an island, if anything our ethnic identity should be stronger than there’s. -
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- 17-01-2010 20:54
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Source? Because as far as I’m aware and as other people have pointed out this is false. When invaders have come in the past they have come in small numbers, that is compared to the native population at the time. 80% of our DNA comes from those first people who came to the island from what is now known as Spain. The other 20% is a hodge podge and yes in northern Scotland may have more Scandinavian than southern England but that doesn’t detract from the fact that the peoples of the isle have more in common than many of them like to think.
Think of it this way; the Spanish, French, Germans and Italians are separate ethnic and cultural identities and they share land borders, we are an island, if anything our ethnic identity should be stronger than there’s. -
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- 17-01-2010 21:04
(Original post by Tetrahydro)
Well being an East Anglian native, one would expect that my DNA is >80% Anglo/Saxon -
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- 17-01-2010 21:23
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so. he isnt ethnically british. you are only making a big deal out of it because bnp members said it. grow up.****Nick Griffin reckons ethnically British= if your ancestors came to this country over 10,000 years ago. Now I may be mistaken but yours could've come 9000 years ago or 500 years ago or whatever. -
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- 17-01-2010 21:27
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This one certainly wouldn't expect anything of the sort.
That's besides my point anyway. I was trying to say that not every English person is made up of mainly Brythonic stock, and therefore, not every English person is "indigenous". -
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- 17-01-2010 21:31
(Original post by Tetrahydro)
Well being an East Anglian native, one would expect that my DNA is >80% Anglo/Saxon, yet I'd still be considered ethnic British...
Edit: And only 0.1% of your DNA is unique from random person to random person.
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