Is it coz I'm not black enuff?
Young Tim Worstall asks "Just How Do You Define Race?"
As ever the answer is here - http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/000934.html ....
To quote
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/ethnic_group_statistics/downloads/ethnic_group_statistics.pdf
"Is a person’s ethnic group self-defined?
Yes. Membership of an ethnic group is something that is subjectively meaningful to the person concerned, and this is the principal basis for ethnic categorisation in the United Kingdom. So, in ethnic group questions, we are unable to base ethnic identification upon objective,
quantifiable information as we would, say, for age or gender. And this means that we should rather ask people which group they see themselves as belonging to."
"an ethnic group would be defined as a community whose heritage offers important characteristics in common between its
members and which makes them distinct from other communities.
There is a boundary, which separates ‘us’ from ‘them’, and the distinction would probably be recognised on both sides of that boundary."..
Well that settles it: I think it is obvious that us traditional countryfolk have a different "heritage" to the urban elite and the evidence is clear that there is a clear "them and us". We are our own Ethnic Minority, all we have to do is "self-define". So now I want my rights, how do we go about this?
And what do we call the minority? The guidance acknowledges that groups change and so there can be no objection to a new Ethnic Group self-defining itself.
"Membership of any ethnic group is something that is subjectively meaningful to the person concerned and the terminology used to describe ethnic groups has changed markedly over time. As a result, ethnic groups, however defined or measured, will tend to evolve depending upon social and political attitudes or developments. Therefore, we do not believe that basing ethnic identification upon an objective and rigid classification of ethnic groups is practicable."
"So let me publicly self-define myself to be "Traditional English" and that "Traditional English" is a separate Ethnic Group to any other, including the majority "English".
Any insults, discrimination or attacks against the heritage of "Traditional English" is now covered by the Race Relation Acts etc. and I will expect the full protection of the Law.
Of course, this afternoon I was Welsh.