Re: British term

On 8/4/14 12:48 PM, 'Ellen Rawson' via Tamson House wrote:
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>> From: Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3@ckt.net>
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>> Thanks, Ellen, that is interesting! Aaronovitch has used it as an
>> indicator at least twice: the first time, I didn't have anyone to ask.
>> The protagonist, of course, is half native British and half immigrant
>> African, with characteristics both physical and cultural from both
>> mother and father.
>
> I'd say he's 100% native British, as he was born in England.
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> It's a small point and not meant to criticise you at all, Sibyl, but there have been members of extreme right wing political parties, such as the British National Party*, making statements about how people should return to their 'home' countries, even if their grandparents were the immigrants and they themselves were born here. :(
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> *The BNP often is called the British Nazi Party. Interestingly, the BNP and UKIP (UK Independence Party -- originally created to make us independent from the EU, now focusing on anti-immigration policies and, scarily, to my mind, at least, gaining British seats in the European Parliament) don't have issues with immigrants like me: white skin (too bad my Native American ancestry doesn't show in my skin colour and my African American ancestry is even further back :), native English speaker/writer, well educated, professional etc. They don't mind that I've 'stolen' jobs from native Brits. It's 'other' immigrants they don't like.
> :(

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

Of course, all Brits are descended from immigrants at some time
post-Glacial.


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