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Greg@lemmy.ca 17 hours agoWhy do you assume that a Danish person talking about “native Brits” means “white”?
Comment on Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover'
Greg@lemmy.ca 17 hours agoWhy do you assume that a Danish person talking about “native Brits” means “white”?
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 16 hours ago
Firstly because when he says London is “no longer full of native Brits” he links to a Wikipedia page about ethnic groups in London. So he seems to be talking about ethnicity. Secondly, he says that these “native Brits” are now “about a third” of London. Looking at the Wikipedia page he linked to, the stats show that white Brits were 37% of London according to the 2021 census, which is about a third. It seems to me that’s probably what he’s talking about.
If “native Brits” just meant people born in the UK, or people with a British passport, then those figures are higher: 59% and 77% of London respectively (that page says that “In 2021, more than 4 in 10 (40.6%) usual residents in London were non-UK born, and more than 1 in 5 (23.3%) had a non-UK passport”).
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
When you start quoting “stats” about “white brits”, you’re only taking your mask off.