A British poet died last week, but his legacy lives on. This is the reason why I think of the UK as a multicultural haven.
Take some Picts, Celts and Silures
And let them settle,
Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.
Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years
Add lots of Norman French to some
Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.
Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans,
Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese,
Vietnamese and Sudanese.
Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians
And Pakistanis,
Combine with some Guyanese
And turn up the heat.
Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians,
Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some
Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese
And Palestinians
Then add to the melting pot.
Leave the ingredients to simmer.
As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish
Binding them together with English.
Allow time to be cool.
Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future,
Serve with justice
And enjoy.
Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.
Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all.
To pep up the sauce, recent additions include Ukrainians, Hong Congers, Syrians, and yet more Sudanese. It's a wonderful mix!
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Things that have made me happy this week: the car with the England flag sticking out one window and the Poland flag sticking out the other. Why only support one team when you can support two?
Make Bradford British: What Does it Actually Mean?
I was just watching a program on television called, Make Bradford British; it looks at a modern, 'multicultural Britain' (focussing on the city of Bradford) and the divide between 'immigrants' and 'natives.' Now there are at least two words in that sentence that don't sit well with me but I guess I'll get to that in a moment. What I will say is that this show has made me angry because it defines being English as something as exclusive as a fraternity and therefore excludes other nationalities.Â
I myself am a tri-national and the result of a culmination of many different races and ancestral heritages, however, I was raised in England for most of my life. Does that make me British? Or perhaps I am asking the wrong question? Maybe I should be asking: what does being British actually mean?
I personally learned very early on that being 'from' so many places caused unnecessary hassle. Having three birth certificates made getting passports, applying for jobs, schools and loans nigh on impossible tasks. Phrases and questions like, "you were born there, therefore you are (insert nationality here)," or, "so what are you then?" were common place. But why does it matter? I am an upstanding citizen who lives and works in England and my tri-nationality does not define whether or not I have more or less of a right to be doing any of the aforementioned activities.Â
But it is the common ideology that a person's nationality is a kind of state of being; something to be true to, to be proud of, or a factor that represents a thing of importance. But I say it is nothing more than a postcode.
Billions of years ago when humanity first dragged itself out of the primordial sludge we were all primates cut from the same metaphorical cloth. In many accounts throughout history we also know that tribes and civilizations moved and conquered their way across the globe mixing and spreading like amoebas in a petri dish! This means that we are all mutts - for lack of a better phrase. We are all technically from somewhere else and (based on various scientific theories) evolved from a common ancestor; I can confidently say there is no such thing as a 'pureblooded' person or nationality. To live in a place means you have grown accustomed to a way of life or perhaps a societal culture, but you are who you are based on a variety of things; life style is just one small element in an infinite sea other factors, perspectives and forms of conditioning.Â
For example, my address or neighborhood may scream middle class, but it in no way represents me as an individual (I can thank other experiences for that,) it just so happens to be my current residence.
This program asks why we can't be happy in a 'multicultural Britain.' The answer is, we view nationality or 'being British' as something more than it is. The clashing of cultures and traditions is one thing, dividing and discriminating against people because of their country of birth is something else entirely. To say, "I am British and you, immigrant, don't belong here," or, "Go home. You people keep stealing our jobs (our women and our precious metals)," is arrogant, ignorant and wrong.
It needs to be understood that we are all similar animals, with the same compulsions and needs.
Get used to that idea and maybe, just maybe, discrimination, racism and political parties like the BNP will disappear.Â
