“I had holes in my shoes but we were so happy! Running out into the street!” So recanted my elderly friend about the end of the war. “We had nothing but it was over.”
Now she looks around and wonders what it was all for. “It’s not their race, colour or religion. It’s the sheer numbers,” she says, looking at people from all over the world milling past in the London rush hour. And I agree. Multiculturalism and diversity have been rammed at us for years.
We must feel guilty about things we ourselves never did. Slavery? Our fault. Racism? We are all racist apparently. We are ‘unconsciously racist’.. ‘Little Englanders’. If you voted Brexit you hate foreigners. And if you are ‘ethnic’ and don’t vote Labour you are deluded, apparently – and doing it because there is no other way to succeed.
We of British descent, and those who have integrated and see themselves as British, cannot win. We are wrong whatever we do. Once, anyone born here would immediately see themselves as British and act accordingly, regardless of ancestry. And those arriving would try to fit in, preferring to make the most of the opportunity and bring their children up as British. I have many friends from different backgrounds, most born here, and all see themselves as British.
But now it’s all changed, especially with younger generations. Everyone is encouraged to look backwards, not forwards. Everyone must delve into their background and anything foreign held up as a medal and used to find some reason to hate the land of their birth and feel they are ‘owed’ by us.
“Oh I may look English, but I’m not. My great grandmother was Polish”… erm, OK… when do you become English then? Does one tiny scrap of something else make you different and able to expect special treatment? Apparently!
What is forgotten is that we of these islands were a mixed bunch once ourselves. We were invaded many times and evolved accordingly. All who came here loved the lush greenness. They sometimes settled, sometimes left, fought with the natives, sometimes dominated, sometimes not, bred with them, built up the land, roads, homes, farms and so on.
Eventually a country was formed, rather than groups wandering around. This island contained a mix of Celts, Angles, Saxons, Romans, Normans, Jutes and Frisians, as well as other groups. The English language is Germanic with influences from Latin, French and Hindi amongst others. We also have Scottish, Irish and Welsh languages. We have a long and bloody history, but it made us who we are.
Once we formed a nation and built ourselves up, like other strong nations we travelled the world and built an empire. Many now hate the idea of empire but we brought civilisation, education, law, justice, roads, railways and knowledge to much of the world. Many rue the day the British left and some from the colonies packed up and followed their colonisers to Britain.
Just as the world had a huge impact on us, so we then had a huge impact on the world around us, and still do to this day. We grew a reputation for benevolence towards refugees and those disenfranchised by war and famine. We were a nation open to immigration because we were a nation formed by incomers who had then travelled the world, bringing back foods, spices, ideas, cultures etc. and integrating it into our own, in the same way that we brought our culture to theirs.
It worked well, because the overriding factor was everything and everyone became integrated into our British way of life. All were proud to be British – rich or poor – and being British meant something. We gave so much to the world – our language, our Church, law, engineering skills, tolerance, culture, even sports – cricket, football, rugby – the list is endless! We also abolished slavery. And won two world wars in the same century!
Many groups of people have come here, such as the Huguenots, who settled and integrated. But now…. being British or English is something to be explained away and apologised for. We must be more diverse, multicultural, less ‘racist’…. apparently! We should not be proud of who we are. We need more people here to help make us MORE diverse.
For goodness sake! We are a nation BUILT on diversity and multiculturalism! We invented it! And formed ourselves from it. The key was we all integrated and became one great nation. And then moved forwards. We knew our history, yes, but didn’t keep looking backwards to division and differences – no – we looked forward and out into the world – we CHANGED the world! Not for nothing do other countries ask for our advice on mulitculturalism and terrorism – we have a long experience in dealing with and understanding it. Our country has seen more change in the last 60 years than it ever saw in hundreds of years. We didn’t want it, but have coped.
So please, when people tell us to embrace diversity, first take a look at our history. When saying our royal family has German/Greek blood – our answer is ‘we know’. We understand culture and way of life. We know one can retain a religion but still become British. We also know this is the country everyone wants to live in – certainly not Europe! In fact the most popular countries were all formed with British culture – the USA, Australia etc.
It’s time for us to be proud again of who we are, of being BRITISH. We don’t need diversity or multiculturalism or lessons in how not be ‘racist’ – and we don’t need to feel guilty. What we need is for everyone to integrate into our British way of life.
So please, don’t insult us by trying to teach us what we invented – we’ve been there, done that, and lived to rule the world! Either get on with it, or take your opinions elsewhere – and leave us to it!
Why should it be ‘racist’ to tell someone – anyone – that if they dont like this country either to return from whence they came or to change the country by voting (for sixty years, as I have done!) to bring about Democratic change by voting for whomsoever they choose. If they are unable or unwilling to put a cross on a piece of paper, or can’t be bothered to go to a voting booth, then clearly they are not willing to make a simple contribution to our society, and need to move to some place where they will feel happier – or, better still, not to come here in the first place. I am sick and tired of hearing about the ‘problems’ Muslims are having here in MY country. I have NEVER heard Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus or any other ‘faiths’ moaning and groaning about just about everything under the sun (rain!). What is this ingrained arrogance Muslims seem to suffer us to endure, whilst at the same time condoning FGM, the subservience of women, open hate by Mullahs ( every day in every mosques) of our great Jewish population ( and getting away with what is clearly hate speech!) ?? The best way to solve the problem is to totally ignore them – many of them are unable to speak English in any event – so we are forced to ignore them by their own insistence on being insular – except of course when it comes down to claiming Social Security and the like. I have no problem in telling WHOEVER is unhappy with my country to simply ‘bugger off’ (such a refined way of giving valuable advice, don’t yer think?). Sue me!
I’m not going to argue too much Janice, I think it’s a good essay, but rooted in Germanic background, I’ve always been led to believe that the main ingredients were Latin and Greek, with a notch pot of other languages such as French, Indian and more horribly USA lazy slang.
Regarding diversity I don’t think you have made enough of the deliberate project to get rid of nationhood and therefore the culture and the language envisaged in the whole United Nations plot of World Government, initially inspired by Coudenhove -Kalergi, project 21,(now 30 I believe), the 1995 Barcelona DeclaratIon and now the Marrakesh shenanigans.
I don’t believe you have made enough f how our children and children’s children have been brainwashed by the EU into forfeiting their inherent birthright and being taught not only were they no longer their parent’s children but children of the EU to whom they owed allegiance (blind in fact) I don’t know what proportion of the population over 40 years indoctrination now forms but it must a have by now, reached critical proportions…
How can we expect to resist blatant propaganda pouring forth daily from our parliamentarians, mass media, church and every other organ of articulation at home and abroad.
Oh and I haven’t mentioned yet that the main effect of mass immigration of biblical proportions is the country I’d FULL UP, and has been for the last u,preen years. Blame Blair and his cohorts for the numbers, but blame Brown and Balls for complicity in ruining the nation financially, oh! and blame Common Purpose for every other aspect of ruination.
Hi Roger. Our English language is 100% a Germanic language. We have many many French, Latin, Greek influences and words of course. We also have many Hindi and Urdu words (there s no such language as Indian). But our language itself – its core – is Germanic. Spanish and Italian etc are all Latin languages and sound very different to ours. New words, even thousands of them, do not change the core of a language. This is born out by the fact that it is relatively easy for English people to learn German, and the basic language and sound is similar. All very representative of our colourful past and making us the great people we are today!
Multi-racial isn’t the biggest problem. Multi-CULTURISM is. The single uniting ”culture” should be British, regardless of race.
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I am a British Englishman, born of a Father and Mother, who both served in the RAF during WW2. – They both lost friends to the enemy, and I look out for the military grave in my local cemetery of one of my Father’s school mates, killed aged 21 ! I don’t have to do this, and I am not ever living in the past, but I’m English for which I always thank God !
Am I unhappy with foreigners in this country ? – I can only state that I have worked with, and prayed with many coloured folk, and I have found them to be much like myself, and if I am friendly to them, that friendship is repaid many fold. ….. It is however noticeable that many new European immigrants have little wish to integrate into this country. Language is the prime item, and they seem to wish to form their own conclaves ! Time may change this !
The one group that remain utterly separate are the Muslims. – Make eye contact, and try to be friendly, results in clear rejection of such an approach. It seems that there is some truth that Islam has an ulterior motive in having its folk here in UK/GB. ….. All people are welcome to come here, within the ability for us to cope with the numbers, but if they are intent to bring their past with them, then why have they arrived here at all ? – It makes no sense to me !
Mike – Muslims are taught from day one – that any other system of Government than Islam, is inferior and MUST be destroyed, especially when they decide to invade another country. It is taking an awful long time for Brits to realise that they are being duped in every area of our lives – halal meats in schools and shops, open Muslim prayers in our streets when they feel like it – open vicious opposition to our brave military personnel, the Islamisation of hundreds of schools – the hate speeches of every Mullah in every mosque and madrassa in the country – and nobody takes a blind bit of notice to this militancy. And yet (and I have no particular love of him) at the drop of a hat, when someone like Robinson objects to our kids being raped by Pakistanis, he is surrounded by ‘The Law’ and instantly ‘nicked’. Clearly, one law for the Muslim, and another law for Robinson. Simply pathetic. Imagine what would happen if one of our ‘legal-beagle’ politicians’ family members was one of those who suffered the appalling rape and abuse other innocents have suffered (on an industrial scale) – THEN you would see how ‘ multicultural our politicians are.
Thanks for telling it as it is for Muslims who live by their religion. However I am told that a significant percentage of Muslims in Iran are converting to Christianity. Of course once they do that their lives are at risk – good luck to them in the face of the oppressive Islamic regime. I know a few Iranians who have fled already and consider them decent law abiding people who are well on the way to being integrated so we must be careful not to lump them in with the unreformed Muslims.
And such people are welcome in our country.
I wonder what people like the Australian aborigines or the North American Indians or the Maoris think about mass immigration by a different culture?
Trying to white guilt trip us Phillip? We aren’t being invaded by those three badly treated races who were tiny numbers of brutal, tribal Stone Age peoples engulfed by enormous numbers of vastly technologically superior races looking for wealth, space and freedom from oppression themselves. The USA, Oz and NZ would not be among the best places to live on Earth if they hadn’t have been settled and built up by primarly the French, Dutch and English.
The reverse is happening today as we are being colonized by unsustainable numbers of largely backwards peoples who have not shown themselves capable in their own benighted lands of building up a country of any great worth. They are not settlers and nation builders just takers with their hand out who will pull us down to their own level. None of this invasion would have been remotely possible without our own governments acting against us for their own evil ends.
MWT, not that I know much about it, but I think we are only talking of interludes in the development of man and what really sets the pattern is the transition from hunter gatherer to agrarianism.
As I see it man’s basic instinct is to plunder, take what’s not his without enquiring ownership, probably established by the Persians, Greeks,, Romans and then the Spanish and Portuguese who really got the ball rolling on wholesale international plunder long before the Dutch, French and British got their act together.
Coming to the present day, aren’t the EU supreme exponents of plundering and despoiling Nations, so that the end result is a complete disappearance of the nation, as was, in every respect of their independent thought and action, leaving only utter subservience, misery, penury and division (look at the present state of the Greeks and the EU hasn’t even achieved full fig collusion yet!).
The elephant in the room, not mentioned in this article, is that “diversity “ is a euphemism for “not white”.
Our historical diversity with all the different races living here, including the Jews who colonised the East End, was that all the races were a sub-genus of the white race.
That’s what the Labour Party and SJWs can’t stand.
You lot can do exactly what you like – but I am retaining MY right to hate who I want to, like who I want to dislike who I wNt – and ignore who I want to.
Why do I have to love blacks, Asians, LGBT, non-identifiable Europeans and those with rather more slanted eyes than mine and odd looking skin? If they don’t interfere with me – then I won’t interfere with them – No, I don’t want yo live their way – I want to live my way. If I chose to live in some God forsaken country other than my own I wouldn’t expect that country to pander to MY particular likes or dislikes. I would simply put my head down and get to work on getting a living. And I wouldn’t expect them to give succour to my breed of kids. Anything wrong with that?
“I wouldn’t expect that country to pander to MY particular likes”. Indeed a realistic expectation in my experience. The difference is that many incomers do expect it and our(?) government meekly complies.
Jack It is a recent phenomena that incomers expect privileges. Governments are now clearly more afraid of the displeasures and discomforts of the incomers than the grievances of the indigenous people. Can’t blame the incomers taking advantage of this state of affairs but equally the Brits who vote Lib/Lab/Con/Green have no grounds for complaint whatsoever.
Jake – and the reason why ‘Governments’ are clearly more afraid’ is because, at the drop of a hat, those ‘incomers’ will form a vicious mob and violently illustrate just exactly the mayhem they will inflict on the indigenous population if they fail to get their way. Our ‘Government’ is comprised of overpaid cowards who brush away the problems of immigration by submission, with no consideration for their indigenous voters. Roll on the Aussie Immigration System – Roll on!
Our kidsknow better than we do. It’s normal.
We know that plants do not thrive unless they are rooted in the ground for a considerable length of time. And i have heard of trees that have live for hundreds of years in the one place.
So why are now being told that society is different and has to be in a constant state of transition and chaos? And it is becoming obvious that it is the area of human rights that we see the results of this policy where diversity and multiculturalism has been used to produce a society that has lost its roots in truth, accountability, and justice, and is dying in social chaos and exploitation.
Getting the best out of society is always a slow process.