Many Asians 'do not feel British'
More than a third of British Asians do not feel British, a BBC poll suggests.
The research among the under-34s for the Asian Network found 38% of the UK residents of South Asian origin felt only slightly or not at all British.
More than a third agreed to get on in the UK they needed to be a "coconut", a term for somebody who is "brown on the outside but white on the inside".
ICM Research interviewed 500 Asian people aged 16-34 and 235 white people aged 18-34 between 4 and 12 July.
Of those polled 84% were satisfied with life in Britain and almost half thought they have more opportunities here.
Half of the South Asians and nearly two-thirds of the white people interviewed agreed it was too easy for immigrants to settle in Britain.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6921534.stm
we've all had enough of the british muslim debate
now tis time for the asian british debate
does anyone else feel more british then asian?
is there times when u feel more asian-er
or british-er
or do u have the right balence down?
7 January 2006
13 weeks 13 hours
I am a British-Matmi.
I dont know which comes first, if there is such a thing. I do Matam in Britain; and I thank God for that. That's it.
Ayatullah Khomeini rightly declared America as the Greatest Satan. www.tehrantimes.com
21 November 2006
5 hours 46 min
I do sometimes.
Winter is the Springtime of the Muslim. Because Allah (swt) has made the nights long for worship, and the days short for fasting!
24 June 2005
2 weeks 6 days
Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in Britain doesn't make you a British. Being born here in Britain doesn't make you an British.
We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth.
I can handle clouds, but cant fight with an eclipse.
25 June 2005
2 weeks 5 days
I'm not sure how to feel 'British' but I do know how it feels like to feel 'less asian and more English/white' (i.e. a gorey)
And this depends on where I am.
On most days I feel more English than Asian. At home AND at work/Uni.
But at the same time, when starting a new job/new Uni…I’m more inclined to gravitate towards the ‘Asian’ girl.
When I’am with my semi-traditional, very patriotic family from back home. I feel incredibly ‘white’.
When I’am with my working class/at times traditional part of my family. I feel very English.
When I’am with my “what the hell you wearing?”/Asian food gives me heartburn” very ‘coconut’ side of my family. I feel semi English.
And when I’am with my very snobby, incredibly rich “I think white people make better husbands/wives than Asian people” part of my family. I feel like an insignificant Asian.
However, I think that’s more of a class divide.
And nothing aggravates me more than a lecture on how not knowing your mother tongue fluently and/or preferring not to wear Asian clothes outside the home, makes you a ‘bad person’.
24 June 2005
12 weeks 5 days
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-AQizNJpo
21 November 2006
5 hours 46 min
i loved that show!
Winter is the Springtime of the Muslim. Because Allah (swt) has made the nights long for worship, and the days short for fasting!
24 June 2005
4 hours 54 min
Going for an English:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KG-pmg_CCeI&mode=related&search=
Best GGM scene ever!
24 June 2005
12 weeks 5 days
i used to find the two 'tarty girls' in some of the best scenes
them and the 'kiss my chudy guys'.
21 November 2006
5 hours 46 min
couldn't u copy some of the jokes from the tarty girls for Alliyah and Jameela?
Winter is the Springtime of the Muslim. Because Allah (swt) has made the nights long for worship, and the days short for fasting!
24 June 2005
12 weeks 5 days
LOL
them girls were vulgar
our aliyah aint THAT bad
26 June 2005
45 weeks 4 days
I feel very British, my grandfather moved here when he was only 17, my dad, auties and uncles are all born and bred in England and there English is of quite a high standard.
"Purity is half of faith.......Prayer is the light...patience is illumination; and the Quran is an argument for or against you. Everyone starts his day and is a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or bringing about its ruin." Muslim
6 October 2006
44 weeks 4 days
I AM 100% BRITISH! AND VERY PROUD OF IT!
live and let live!!!!!!!