Blackfishing - pretending to be black - cultural appreciation or appropriation?

That is what integration is: the newcomers learning the ways of those who are already there and assimilating into the new culture.

You must have gone to the new place for a reason, and it certainly wasn't to take your old culture with you and induce the locals to live as you used to live. This is especially true if you have come in from a failed or failing state, or if you are an economic migrant trying to better yourself. If you want those around you to live as you used to live then the best place to do that is where you came from.

Obviously your new neighbours may be interested in learning about aspects of immigrants' old cultures, but expecting them to conform to them in any way is a big no-no. This applies just as much to expatriate Britons, of course.

I use the word 'you' very generally, of course.

Everybody in the U.K. is treated equally so not sure why you are bringing that up,

I have no interest in going to eid.

Wouldn't get away with it these days, would he? Mind you, I never got round to asking a black person if they found him funny.

the negatives let go.

well **** your ****ing village fetes then too.

Why not? The character was a white man who identified as, or pretended to be, a black man. It seems entirely topical now, more so even.

So you intend to leave Islam then?

What?

And why did he pretend to be a black man?

we are here legally and it is our country just as much as your country. this is not your country we live here together. if you want integration you gotta stop thinking you own this land and get that chip off your shoulder laddy

Just because you have a British passport it doesn't mean you can claim ownership.

Bringing a dog to a stable doesn't make it a horse, I believe the old saying went.

Yes, if you have a passport, you live here and are british, that's the whole point of a passport. I own this land just as much as you do.

And please don't compare my people to dogs, that's insulting and i'm trying to be cordial but it's ****ing rude and I'm tempted to be rude back.

No, you're again confusing the meaning of citizenship.

I can get a Chinese passport but does that make me Chinese? Do you think anyone in China will think I am Chinese or take it lightly if I started claiming some kind of rights over the land? I doubt it.

Get offended if you like, I don't care. If you can't understand the concept of hypothetical parallels maybe debate isn't for you.

Bruv, just because the chinese think a certain way doesn't mean they're right. The chinese have concentration camps and you gonna use them as an example of moral standards.

You can replace Chinese in that example with almost any nationality in the world and get the same result. Feel free to deny it but let's try some out and see how they sound.

maybe the locals should integrate with the minorities? come to our festivals, eat our food, learn our lamguage

Who said that they don't? Granted, learning your language is a bit too far. As a minority here (and having lived in other Asian countries where I was a minority too) I can say that British people have been very interested in wanting to know more, including going to cultural festivals with me Maybe it's because I show interest as well and they reciprocate?

That's all well and good, people from any nationality can be stupid.

Well considering that the vast majority will disagree with you. Perhaps there is another now obvious suggestion on where the stupidity lies...

No it's not a one way street. the UK invited skilled labourers into it's economy to sustain the nhs. it invites nurses and engineers. it invites cab drivers and shop owners. it benefits from migration hugely. there is no moral imperative for immigrants to integrate with your country when 'you' benefit just as much as 'we' do. it should be an equal conversation where the positives of both cultures ate embraced and the negatives let go.