Comment on Will I ever be seen as truly British?

• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Compared to the rest of the country in the ethnic-cultural sense? Yeah absolutely.

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_London

  London is 36.8% White British

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester

  For comparison a major metropolitan area lime the city of Manchester is 59.3% White British

  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.

  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 belong elsewhere.

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  • livus@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh sure. I was speaking relatively.

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  • sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Compared to the rest of the country in the ethnic-cultural sense? Yeah absolutely.

    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).

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    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Simmer down buddy, no need to get your blood pressure up - I clarified the statement didn’t I?

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      • sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        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 good 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.

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  • CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Blood expensive though

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    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yee, 's why I left.

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