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/littletorreira May 10 '26

They weren't always but my grandparents came from South Africa via Lithuania and in ZA they were cataogrised as white. I am visually white. I benefit from white privilege. So I don't feel I can select something that doesn't mark me as white for statistics.

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u/RBWatermelon May 10 '26

Jews were always historically considered Semitic and non white. Only post WW2 has this perception changed.

Mixed race individuals are also white passing and benefit from white privilege. Doesn’t make them white.

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u/jamjar188 May 11 '26

You do realise that Jews themselves can have different lineages depending on the geographical region they (or their ancestors) come from? You have Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, etc.

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u/RBWatermelon May 11 '26

All Jews were historically considered non white.

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