A third of babies born in the UK are not white British
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anonymous said:
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And I dare say even more will be British non-white too, like my mate Abdul's daughters who are a light brown. Abdul is an atheist and as British as they come. His daughters are big fans of Peppa Pig.My parents came over from Ireland about the same time as his came from Bangladesh. Both have grandkids the same age. My nephews would be 'White British' and Abdul's kids would be 'Asian British' - the only practical difference is they are a few shades darker.
Edited by rpguk on Friday 9th October 15:43
rpguk said:
anonymous said:
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And I dare say even more will be British non-white too, like my mate Abdul's daughters who are a light brown. Abdul is an atheist and as British as they come despite having parents who came over in the 80's. His daughters are big fans of Peppa Pig.My parents came over from Ireland about the same time and their grandkids are the same age as Abdul's daughters. Bar the shade of their skin there is little to differentiate them and thus it's ultimately a non-story.
I'm non-white but as British as they come. My parents came over here in the 60s and my dad would support England in the World Cup etc. He was buried in this country rather than "back home".
What was the point of the article or this thread?
I don't actually know whether my kids are white British or not. I am white British. My wife is British, but her parents were born in Trinidad and Germany. Our eldest is olive-skinned, straight dark-haired and brown-eyed. He looks Southern European. The middle one is pale-skinned, curly blonde and blue-eyed. He looks like a perfect Aryan. The youngest has skin mid-way in tone between the other two, with blonde curly hair and blue eyes. She looks Northern European. You'd never guess that any had West Indian blood.
So you see, there may be even more of those scary non-white British around than you think, some of them disguised by their genes as white British!
I don't actually know whether my kids are white British or not. I am white British. My wife is British, but her parents were born in Trinidad and Germany. Our eldest is olive-skinned, straight dark-haired and brown-eyed. He looks Southern European. The middle one is pale-skinned, curly blonde and blue-eyed. He looks like a perfect Aryan. The youngest has skin mid-way in tone between the other two, with blonde curly hair and blue eyes. She looks Northern European. You'd never guess that any had West Indian blood.
So you see, there may be even more of those scary non-white British around than you think, some of them disguised by their genes as white British!
Blaster72 said:
I'm confused, aren't all babies born in the UK British?
I was born in Cape Town and despite the fact that I'm drinking a bottle of beer in a Western Provence neoprene holder, I'm not South African. Although given the respective performances at the world cup perhaps 'Ek is gabore in Suid-Afrika' is something I should mention more regularly.In response to the OP, I don't a monkeys as long as if they are citizens they grow up wanting to be British
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