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I am a "white person". However, my husband is from Ghana and our children are mixed race. I think your comment is very racist. The Thread is what makes you proud to be British. This is what I answered.

Ah the classic "BUT I KNOW A BLACK GUY!" :tongue:

Yeah, but no. Your list is very, very, white. Like seriously, the proms and the Royal family? You're like the twenty-first century embodiment of Margo.

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Brunette_Gem

Original post by CaptainDudeson

An innate feeling of superiority.

Class, honestly hahaa

Reply 42

sallybriscoe

Original post by James A

Sorry brah, I get PG tips tea instead.

PG Tips were our household tea brand of choice until they replaced the conventional teabag with the pyramid.
My sister sent me a box of Yorkshire Tea and it was love at first cup for me.
Enjoy your cuppa anyway :smile:

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jumpingjesusholycow

Original post by g.k.galloway

- Great People such as Churchill

Here are some Churchill quotes for you to chew on...

"[Gandhi] ought to be lain bound hand and foot at the gates of Delhi and then trampled on by an enormous elephant with the new Viceroy seated on its back.”

"'Keep England White' is a good slogan" - Churchill on restricting West Indian immigration

"I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place."

“I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.”

Reply 44

sallybriscoe

Original post by jumpingjesusholycow

Ah the classic "BUT I KNOW A BLACK GUY!" :tongue:

Yeah, but no. Your list is very, very, white. Like seriously, the proms and the Royal family? You're like the twenty-first century embodiment of Margo.

Why thank you! Margot is my role model. And as for knowing a black guy, well we have been married over 20 years and have three children, so I would say yes, I do know this black guy pretty well!

Reply 45

F1's Finest

Original post by sallybriscoe

I haven't tried Yorkshire Tea, might get some, but after all, Tea only differs slightly between the brands, but that small difference can make it all the better, I guess.....

Reply 46

F1's Finest

Original post by jumpingjesusholycow

Ah the classic "BUT I KNOW A BLACK GUY!" :tongue:

Yeah, but no. Your list is very, very, white. Like seriously, the proms and the Royal family? You're like the twenty-first century embodiment of Margo.

She reminds me of Raquel from Only Fools & Horses!

Reply 47

jumpingjesusholycow

Original post by James A

She reminds me of Raquel from Only Fools & Horses!

Hahaha

Reply 48

sallybriscoe

Original post by jumpingjesusholycow

Here are some Churchill quotes for you to chew on...

"Keep England White" is a famous misquote by Winston Churchill. " I want my country to keep white" was the motto for a church group for children in the 1930s called the Better Britain Brigade. The "white" does not refer to skin colour, but to purity, as the aim of the Better Britain Brigade was for members to "leave this country in a better state than I found it in". Source? My late mother's membership certificate.

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odkfn

Original post by jumpingjesusholycow

Ah the classic "BUT I KNOW A BLACK GUY!" :tongue:

Yeah, but no. Your list is very, very, white. Like seriously, the proms and the Royal family? You're like the twenty-first century embodiment of Margo.

I disagree. There's many British colonies who adore the royal family - not to mention the people of different ethnic backgrounds within Britain itself. I, myself, am not a fan, but to say that liking the Royals is a "white" thing is pretty absurd.

benefits

Original post by Zürich

The politeness and inherent pleasantness of most English people compared with other countries. Queuing, good manners and the sense of fair play are really something unique and special

these aren't so unique that they cannot be found even in the other parts of Great Britain. No-one crosses Offa's Dyke or Hadrian's Wall and remarks on how "they don't queue here".

Reply 52

odkfn

Original post by Brunette_Gem

hahahaa it has nothing to do with the wall :biggrin:

I'm not so sure :P

Reply 53

TheSnail

Original post by jumpingjesusholycow

Here are some Churchill quotes for you to chew on...

"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

You can throw as many quotes as you like at me of stuff he said that isn't all that great, it won't change mine or practically the whole county's mind that he was one of the greatest British leaders of all time.

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 54

ZÃ¼rich

Original post by cambio wechsel

these aren't so unique that they cannot be found even in the other parts of Great Britain. No-one crosses Offa's Dyke or Hadrian's Wall and remarks on how "they don't queue here".

Of course, used English as a catch all for British.. :smile:

True in Ireland as well

Reply 55

sallybriscoe

Original post by James A

I haven't tried Yorkshire Tea, might get some, but after all, Tea only differs slightly between the brands, but that small difference can make it all the better, I guess.....

http://www.yorkshiretea.co.uk Check out the website. If you live in the London area, try the hard water variety. Just off to put the kettle on now.

Reply 56

FrogInABog

Original post by jumpingjesusholycow

Ah the classic "BUT I KNOW A BLACK GUY!" :tongue:

Yeah, but no. Your list is very, very, white. Like seriously, the proms and the Royal family? You're like the twenty-first century embodiment of Margo.

For crying out loud!

Sorry, I appear to have momentarily misplaced my obligatory self-flagellation whip...

How on earth is the Proms 'white'? As far as I know, there's no ban on black people enjoying classical music. Besides, the list contained things like London, tea, and HP Sauce, which have no race-based value whatsoever. London is massively multi-cultural, so I frankly have no idea where you're coming from with this argument. Even the Royal Family (who, I will concede, are themselves white) are hardly restricted to a whites only fan base.

Reply 57

jumpingjesusholycow

Original post by sallybriscoe

Er, this is complete nonsense. I didn't misquote him. I quoted "'Keep England White is a good slogan". Those were his thoughts on the slogan as he told the cabinet in an effort to restrict immigration from the West Indies. This is freaking basic history. It's even on Wikipedia.

He tried in vain to manoeuvre the cabinet into restricting West Indian immigration. "Keep England White" was a good slogan, he told the cabinet in January 1955.[10] Ian Gilmour records Churchill saying to him, in 1955, about immigration: "I think it is the most important subject facing this country, but I cannot get any of my ministers to take any notice"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later_life_of_Winston_Churchill

The source is Ian Gilmour's "Inside Right: A Study of Conservatism".

Reply 58

3 Phase Duck

Well I never achieved my britishness, so I can't be proud of it. I quite happy to be british though, it's a fairly good nationality to be as nationalities go I suppose.