Re: British term

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> From: Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3@ckt.net>


> Being a Colonial, you probably count as British.  Peter has inherited,
> besides some skin color, some of his mother's Nigerian culture,
> therefore imported.

I count as British because I was naturalised as a British citizen. I hold dual US-UK citizenship and get to vote in both countries. As an American, no, I wouldn't count as British. I have some British ancestry, but it goes waaaaay back. The whole 'Irish-American', 'Italian-American' etc. thing indeed is a very American thing. 

The current Labour leader, Ed Miliband, is the son of immigrants. His father, Ralph, emigrated from Belgium in 1940. (His parents had emigrated to Belgium from Poland. Their family was Jewish.) Ralph joined the British Navy. His mother, Marion, also Jewish, emigrated from Poland to the UK post-World War II. She and her family had been hidden by Polish nuns. 

Despite his parents' immigrant status, Miliband is British and, as stated above, the Labour leader. If he's maintained as Labour leader and Labour wins the election next year, he'll be Prime Minister.

Peter's mother's culture may have been imported from Sierra Leone, but Peter was born and raised in Britain. He's British. Technically, as Sierra Leone was colonised (and is still part of the Commonwealth), if being from a former British colony makes you count as British, his mum is British through and through. :)


Ellen

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