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Is it possible to be black and British?

I get asked if im from Africa all the time as my great grand parents were from Jamaica, they may as well ask me if im algerian. Im third generation british, but still people think it is impossible to be black and British. In fact eastern Europeans and Italians are assume to british even when the can't speak a word of English. Yet as a native, im constantly told im foreign. In fact one woman told me English was not my first language, i was like yes it is. When i was in Mexico someone aske me where i was from and i said england, they were like no England is all white people. Oh and the Eygptian guy in London who told me i was not british, he however is british because he has a british passport after 2 years of UK residency. Ignorance always surprises me!


    




Hater Police
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Of course. Your experience sounds very unusual. Blacks have lived in the UK for 200 years.


Kristine A
Of course. What about the black Spice Girl?


superbritainnia!!!
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f*** immigrants who call themselves british. it is in theory, but lets face it. it is not. simply being black means you are a migrant to britain from 1960s onwards. british is english, scottish, and welsh. not anglo-pakistani or afro- british, or whatever s***ty terms they put on indentity forms.


Beastie
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Your problem, and your kids problem, and your great, great, great grandkids problem, will always be the same. There are right wing morons in this country who think you can't be British if you're not white.

Born here? British. Born here of parents born here. British.

That's how I deal with it; it's that simple.


lulu
racism is all over, my dear.


Talib Fiasco eLZhi>Taco Bell
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Yes, Lewis Hamilton the F1 world champion is Black AND British.


Miss K
I was just in England, and mosty of the urban parts are as ethnically diverse as the U.S., if not more so. And I don't just mean non white minorities either. Poles, Greeks, Italians. SO whether some people like it or not, the answer to your question is yes.


bakedtatah
If you were born in England, you're British. It doesn't matter what colour you are.


dakgraha
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yes


Cara
Then those people are extremely ignorant. Of course you can be of Caribbean descent and be British! You can be of Caribbean descent and ethnicity and still be American, Chinese, French, Brazilian, Algerian, etc... The only reason they say things is for the obvious-your skin is brown and you look like you would be from somewhere say, Africa. But they obviously don't understand that ethnicity and descendant has nothing to do with citizenship.

Ignorance surprises you? I wish I was you, because ignorance doesn't surprise me anymore though I wish it did.


momma of 2 :)
Yes, it is. My midwife is black and British...born and raised until she moved to the states 11 years ago.


The Black Sheep
OF COURSE! I just saw an interiviw and the guy was black and from england area. I hate ignorant ppl that assume every black person is from africa:) There is a lot of racial possibilities:) Don't let fools tell you otherwise.


chindit
I would say yes but what on earth has this got to do with the military section??


You may be right
do you love Britain more than any other country in the world, if yes, then you are British, if no, then you are of whatever country you love


696
o corse u can be black and British


sugar_x
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You are british if you were born here.

Like if i was born in america, i would be american... not literally, but your place of birth is your nationality.


izzo
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Why not !You are residing in one of the best democratic countries in the world ! Forget about others .


tharnpfeffa
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You just have to laugh and tell them they need to educate themselves!
That's crazy.


bmfc
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Ignorant people surprises you? there are MILLIONS.


Thought
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well, you will always be black. i expect in these times of population shift there are some rootless fecks whom get jealous of you.
think about it, if your polish or ukrainian etc all you have is your language, once that is gone you are no longer polish, ukrainian.

i don't know a lot about black british history but i do know its a lot longer than from the 1950s.

anyway the world is full of ignorant people, sometimes they can be enlightened othertimes its just not worth it.


Sally S
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yes


Proud♥2bEnglish♥
yeh course it is if they dont know that there pretty dumb if your born in England then that does not mean your polish or whateva it means your British!!!! lol



also for people that say your not my ancestors come from Africa and Australia does that mean im not British after all i was born here ??? ignorant fools


Macho Macho Man
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If you were born in Britain, then your NATIONALITY is automatically British.

People tend to confuse RACE with NATIONALITY.


Bunts
I thank God I am white. Your question distresses me that your
family have been here so long, yet people see you as a 'foreigner
although you are third generation.
You will find thru your sojorn in life that you will meet this sort of thing.' Anybody that says we don't want you or don't need you
here is a bigot. This is not the opinion of the majority of the UK,
just the sad few.


AL G
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If you are integrated into the British culture (as you obviously are) then in my book you're British.
It does catch some people unawares though, I was in Iraq working with S. African security staff and drove into Shaiba Logistic base, the British Soldier on the gate was Black and the S Africans were gobsmacked that he had the same accent as me! (He was from Cardiff)

As for me;
I'm British by Birth - as you are.
Welsh by the grace of god - only some of us are lucky enough.
and European - over my dead body!


Annie
Totally, there are black british people.


Awesomeness!
yes.


hillsongmusecoldplay
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i would say your home country and nationality right now is british or could always be brithish
so yes i would say your british
but your ancestory would be jamaican or where your family line came from
and ignorance surprises me to. and freaken annoys me.


Croxx
Yes of course it is.


Goblin
Yes. Yes it is.


Fisherman
Im from TEXAS and if you have a solid British accent and are born on the Island In my book you are British

God Save The Queen!!!!!!!!
Whether she is Black or White





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