‘I’m British, British Asian, English’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity

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• KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This feels really conflicting. Of course I agree he is Englosh and he should not be on the receiving end of racism, nobody should.

  His government, however, actively boosted racist messaging on immigration, so I can’t help but feel he is at least in part to blame politically for this.

  The reason this feels difficult is because I worry this feels a bit like victim blaming, although again I really do want emphasise how much the conservatives have helped boost the far right and racist views.

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  • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    He was hoist with his own petard. Not so much victim blaming, as “I didn’t think those leopards [racists] would eat my [non-white] face.”

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• makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  English? No.

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  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    He’s something of a bell-end, and I’m not 100% certain he’s human - but he was born in England, so whatever he actually is, he’s an English one of it.

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    • makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If I’m born in China, am I Chinese?

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  • FloatingAlong@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    He was born in England. What do you imagine he is, then?

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    • makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      To add to this:

      Asian or Asian British

      Indian
      Pakistani
      Bangladeshi
      Chinese
      Any other Asian background
      

      …service.gov.uk/…/ethnic-groups/

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    • makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      British.

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  • Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If he was born in England your in for a shock

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    • makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I know where he’s born. Don’t conflate nationality and ethnicity.

      He’s British.

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