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Will I ever be seen as truly British?
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this post was submitted on 08 May 2024
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Compared to the rest of the country in the ethnic-cultural sense? Yeah absolutely.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_London
London is 36.8% White British
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester
For comparison a major metropolitan area like the city of Manchester is 59.3% White British
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_and_Hove#
Brighton is 80.5% White British
Furthermore in London, 40.7% of people are born in another country, and 56.8% of people are born to a foreign-born mother. This is of course including those who identify as White British on the census.
That's what makes London so different from the rest of the country imo, and a way better place to be as a young person who doesn't feel like they belong elsewhere.
We all agree London is cosmopolitan.
I think they were objecting to the phrase "few and far between".
You really can't use it to describe a situation of almost 2 in 5.
If 2 in every 5 cars you see are red you can't say red cars are few and far between.
Oh sure. I was speaking relatively.
Bloody expensive though
Yee, 's why I left.
Nobody disputes that London has a substantially more diverse population than other places - but it's still completely untrue to say "British people are few and far between" in London, even if you restrict it to White British (which your original claim did not).
Simmer down buddy, no need to get your blood pressure up - I clarified the statement didn't I?
Blood pressure is fine, thanks.
You did, but I wasn't wrong to object to your original, unclarified claim.
The reason I did is that it's the kind of thing that you hear being used as a racist dog whistle - "Oh, there are parts of London that are no-go areas, you never see a white face..." etc.
I'm not saying you were doing that, but the way you worded it left it open to that interpretation.
Ah in that case yeah I definitely did not mean it that way, but it's also not a good look for the left to come off as to utterly deny demographics when facts are very easy to find, especially if you have a pro-immigration stance.
Not sure if you mean me here, but I didn't think I was doing that at all.