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Hate how racist everything has become, and how quickly it’s happened.

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Silverbirchleaf · 24/08/2025 22:13

I was just looking at facebook, and a ‘Sad face’ newsmaker article came up. Practically all the comments mentioned boats, asylum seekers etc etc. Its really getting me down.

Travelled to the south west last weekend. On the way down no flags on bridges. On the way back, in some areas, every bridge.

Its scary how quickly it’s all happening.

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Browniesforbreakfast · 25/08/2025 15:41

awkwardasfuck · 25/08/2025 15:41

What makes you think that? She's correct. English is not a nationality or an ethnicity.

It is both

awkwardasfuck · 25/08/2025 15:42

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 15:28

English can only be white. Otherwise they are British. Such was my understanding

What the fuck are you smoking

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 25/08/2025 15:42

Browniesforbreakfast · 25/08/2025 15:41

As a nationality yes, not as an ethnicity.

There is no such thing as English nationality.

And of course black people who are born in England can call themselves English. Who are you to say that they can't?

nomas · 25/08/2025 15:42

Browniesforbreakfast · 25/08/2025 15:41

As a nationality yes, not as an ethnicity.

The ethnicity is ‘white’, the nationality is English.

Scentedjasmin · 25/08/2025 15:44

Rafting2022 · 24/08/2025 23:20

I’m so bored of hearing this ‘housed in 4 star hotels’ bullshit as if they’re all spending every day ordering room service, booking spa treatments and having afternoon tea on the croquet lawn.

Apply some critical thinking at least.

But the tax payers are paying 4 hotel rates for them, despite the migrants receiving essentially a 2 or less service. There's big bucks to be made out of this and a few private individuals are creaming it in.

awkwardasfuck · 25/08/2025 15:46

Browniesforbreakfast · 25/08/2025 15:41

It is both

English is not a legally recognised nationality. It is a country but you're not an English citizen, you're a British citizen

And no, for gods sake, its not an ethnicity.

It is an identity, it is a language (made up of French and German words mostly)

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 15:46

nomas · 25/08/2025 15:41

Who told you this, your white English husband?

This was a fairly uncontroversial statement 10
years ago and only ideological rhetoric has changed this.

awkwardasfuck · 25/08/2025 15:48

nomas · 25/08/2025 15:42

The ethnicity is ‘white’, the nationality is English.

Right. Got an English passport then?

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 15:48

awkwardasfuck · 25/08/2025 15:46

English is not a legally recognised nationality. It is a country but you're not an English citizen, you're a British citizen

And no, for gods sake, its not an ethnicity.

It is an identity, it is a language (made up of French and German words mostly)

Not all ethnicities have their own country. Irish did not for many years. This is an issue worldwide, not everyone gets independence …

PaxAeterna · 25/08/2025 15:53

Scentedjasmin · 25/08/2025 15:44

But the tax payers are paying 4 hotel rates for them, despite the migrants receiving essentially a 2 or less service. There's big bucks to be made out of this and a few private individuals are creaming it in.

I totally agree with you here. There is massive money being made by housing both homeless people and asylum seekers.

The system doesn’t work very well. We should ask that it works better but we don’t have to demonise people in the process.

awkwardasfuck · 25/08/2025 15:58

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 15:48

Not all ethnicities have their own country. Irish did not for many years. This is an issue worldwide, not everyone gets independence …

As an Irish citizen I know.

But ethnically English means nothing- Your average English person is also a cocktail of worldwide ethnicities.

JHound · 25/08/2025 16:02

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 13:35

American cultural identity has traditionally been split into several distinct groups: white Americans, ADOS, and Native Americans. Nowadays we can add Hispanics and AA.

Obama is unique in that he is not ADOS but has culturally embraced his black American identity anyway.

Edited

So American cultural identity. Which he privileges
over his Kenyan one. So your claim that those of partial immigrant heritage will always choose both is a lie.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 25/08/2025 16:02

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 15:48

Not all ethnicities have their own country. Irish did not for many years. This is an issue worldwide, not everyone gets independence …

In case you haven't noticed, the English aren't exactly clamouring for their "independence".

English is an identity. It doesn't have any specific legal or scientific definition. Conseqently, people of any ethnicity can identify as English. And many from diverse ethnic backgrounds do. It is not for anyone else to tell them that they can't.

Nationality has a legal basis. If you are eligible for a British passport, you are British. Ethnicity and identity bear no relevance here.

JHound · 25/08/2025 16:04

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 13:40

It would be a different country, yes.

So for you it’s not about culture it’s about race.

JHound · 25/08/2025 16:07

Browniesforbreakfast · 25/08/2025 13:41

You don’t have any problems with the destruction of an ethnicity? Does that only apply to white britains or do you also have no issue with it for other ethnicities?

Who is being destroyed?

JHound · 25/08/2025 16:09

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 13:56

I think white British will be a hated minority in their own country, the way things are going. And it’s gonna happen in a lot of poster’s lifetime.

You’re American. Why so fixated on white Britons?

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 16:11

awkwardasfuck · 25/08/2025 15:58

As an Irish citizen I know.

But ethnically English means nothing- Your average English person is also a cocktail of worldwide ethnicities.

Literally every ethnicity is a cocktail of worldwide ethnicities. The English are hardly unique in this? But it’s a unique mixture, and creates the diverse peoples of the world. Once they are gone, they are gone for good.

I mean, Japanese are nothing more than Korean rice farmers mixed with Jomon aboriginals, for the most part, perhaps some Siberian hunter-gatherer. So does that mean you can also have white or black ethnic Japanese? (No, you can not).

You can have a white person with Japanese nationality (rare but I know a few LOL). They will not be ethnically Japanese though

JHound · 25/08/2025 16:11

NeelyOHara · 25/08/2025 14:03

Do you genuinely not think a country should put its native residents first then? That’s interesting.

I know you asked somebody else but to answer - I don’t think a country should distinguish between its residents on the basis of skin colour - no.

JHound · 25/08/2025 16:14

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 14:55

imagine this rant, but about colonialism, to understand the future of white British people lol. Glad my kids have a second passport tbh

I think you need to pick up a history book. Migrating to the UK in 2025 is not the same as colonialism. As an immigrant you should understand that

Browniesforbreakfast · 25/08/2025 16:14

nomas · 25/08/2025 15:42

The ethnicity is ‘white’, the nationality is English.

Ethnicity is no more simply ‘white’ than the ethnicity of every African is ‘Black’

awkwardasfuck · 25/08/2025 16:15

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 16:11

Literally every ethnicity is a cocktail of worldwide ethnicities. The English are hardly unique in this? But it’s a unique mixture, and creates the diverse peoples of the world. Once they are gone, they are gone for good.

I mean, Japanese are nothing more than Korean rice farmers mixed with Jomon aboriginals, for the most part, perhaps some Siberian hunter-gatherer. So does that mean you can also have white or black ethnic Japanese? (No, you can not).

You can have a white person with Japanese nationality (rare but I know a few LOL). They will not be ethnically Japanese though

Actually japan is considered monoethnic. There are some influences but hardly a cocktail compared to the continual reoccupation of Britain. The two are very different

nomas · 25/08/2025 16:15

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 15:28

English can only be white. Otherwise they are British. Such was my understanding

So when you say you’re a married-in, what did you marry into?

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 25/08/2025 16:18

Browniesforbreakfast · 25/08/2025 16:14

Ethnicity is no more simply ‘white’ than the ethnicity of every African is ‘Black’

So can you give a precise definition of what constitutes "English ethnicity"?

Do we have to have pure Anglo-Saxon blood with a DNA test to prove it? What happens if we have a drop of Irish or a bit of Viking?

JHound · 25/08/2025 16:18

RingoJuice · 25/08/2025 14:29

It will erase distinct groups, so I consider that a net loss tbh. Also, there is a judgement that non-diverse gene pools are bad. There are pros and cons.

Ashkenazi Jews have some unique genetic diseases but they are also the most intelligent group on earth! That kind of human diversity is quite amazing! Non-Bantu Africans are very genetically diverse, and it’s worth trying to preserve their communities against Bantu marginalization. We don’t want these groups to disappear forever!

If those “distinct groups” are erased due to their free choice to intermarry who cares? Would you prefer laws to prevent intermarriage? Are you from the US South perchance.

At least you have stopped the nonsense faux concern about the cultural impact of migration and shown your true obsession is about maintaining racial purity.

PeonyPatch · 25/08/2025 16:18

Simonjt · 25/08/2025 14:20

You think paying thousands of pounds to study, (if you think £9k a year is a lot, take a look at international fees) and work for the NHS for free is wrong and harmful?

Would you prefer universities to lose this vital income?

the training needs to go towards doctors that we are likely to retain.

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