tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post9159540005553797384..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: For the sake of completeness...Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-47568801546639484522017-04-17T12:43:57.192+01:002017-04-17T12:43:57.192+01:00For a long time (certainly while I was an impressi...For a long time (certainly while I was an impressionable youth) we were given the not-so-subtle impression that to state our nationality as English rather than British was tantamount to being a racist thug. <br />I think that it's only relatively recently with Scottish Nationalism coming to the forefront that more English people are feeling they have to embrace a more specific identity than British.<br />Even if that continues, for a long time there are still going to be many descriptions that are British by default.JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-57568103288573082442017-04-17T07:43:51.918+01:002017-04-17T07:43:51.918+01:00Have to say I have never heard the term 'Black...Have to say I have never heard the term 'Black British' used by anyone, especially in self description. But then I guess I don't watch the same channels Marrk does.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-59231442957064915822017-04-16T20:50:16.466+01:002017-04-16T20:50:16.466+01:00If 'English' is exclusive rather than incl...If 'English' is exclusive rather than inclusive, so is 'Welsh' and 'Scottish' and 'Irish'.<br /><br />It's a stupid point to claim as being intellectually superior. But that's Mardell in a nutshell.David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.com