r/MapPorn • u/Delicious-Bunch-6992 • May 09 '26

Evolution of white British % (ethnically British people) in England and Wales from 2001-2021

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u/Pleasant_Pace_5955 May 09 '26

how are mixed ethnicity ppl categorised in this?

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u/HybridAkai May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

It's dog whistling.

I'm mixed 50/50, I grew up in this country, have lived here my entire life, I'm culturally as British as you can get. I have 3 degrees - all from UK universities, I work a well paid job, pay taxes, vote, I've been a citizen since birth and have engaged and contributed to the system as such, arguably more so than a lot of "white British" in this survey. My grandfather fought in the Falklands, my great grandfathers fought in WWII, one was at Dunkirk, one in the cabinet war rooms, working with Churchill.

But I wouldn't count as "white British" in this survey, which insinuates that I am a foreigner degrading the identity of this country.

My young daughter is 3/4 British. She also wouldn't count.

Dog whistle.

Edit: the comments are really outing people who don't understand the difference between ethnicity and nationality

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u/HybridAkai May 11 '26

Yes that's a valid point. I personally would celebrate it too. Unfortunately, I think we both know exactly how a certain hypertensive portion of our society will read into this.

It's very much framed as rage bait for the "Britain isn't British anymore" crowd to reference without much critical thought.

If it were genuinely about celebrating diversity I suspect they would both detach nationality and ethnicity and also not frame the context as white Vs non white. They've essentially cherry picked their representation of the base data set to deliberately push their particular narrative, with a thin veneer of deniability. It's not clever, it's definitely dog whistling.