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Dear
Sir/Madam,
Reading a
recent op-ed
contribution
to the New
York Times by
the black
American
author, Nick
Chiles ("Their
Eyes Were
Reading
Smut"), I
was struck by
his use of the
term, "my
people" when
referring to
his fellow
African
Americans.
It reminded me
of one of the
7/7 London
bombers'
(British born
Mohammad
Sidique Khan)
reference, in
a video
justifying his
bloody act, to
fellow Muslims
as "his
people", and
made me, a
native
Englishman, wonder
who "my
people" are?
Like Nick
Chiles and
many other
good people, I
also tend to
identify (not
unconditionally,
but
nevertheless,
quite
strongly) with
people of my
own race,
history and
culture - in
Britain,
Europe,
America,
Australia or
wherever. But
if I dare
admit it (let
alone proudly
proclaim it),
a zealously
self-righteous
minority of
"anti-racists"
will condemn
me as being "racist
", while
the majority
(of "my
people") will
feel compelled
to join in, or
else cower in
fear of such a
damning
association.
Officially,
I'm supposed
to identify
with anyone in
possession of
a British
passport. But
the truth
is, I don't
(does anyone?)
- not anymore.
Now, it's just
a useful and
necessary
document to
me, that I'll
be quite happy
to exchange
for a EU
passport.
It seems to me
that this
suppression of
a natural
sense of
identity
(rooted in
common race,
history and
culture) in
the native
(white)
population,
is creating a
dangerous and
potentially
explosive
situation,
which we are
well advised
to face up to.
Because, if we
don't,
like suppressed
sexuality,
prevented from
giving
natural
expression to
itself, it is
likely (almost
certain) to be
perverted into
some ugly (and
possibly very
nasty) form.
www.spaceship-earth.org
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