15th February 2012, 06:17 AM
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Senior Expat
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Originally Posted by 5herry
Love the fact that they guy who calls himself a desi redneck texan is disparing of us Brits 
Brit Asians normally refers to people whose forefathers (-ok parents!) have migrated from the Indian Sub-Continent to good ole blighty
BTW If we're letting the Canadians in - I guess Americans are ok too lol
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1. Not a redneck (I don't go to family reunions to pick up women)
2. Well Asia also has countries like China, Vietnam, Russia, and even the Middle East, are these people invited as well?
3. Not going to be able to make it.... out of town on business.
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Originally Posted by Pink Fairie
To some this thread is discriminative, if a white british, american, canadian etc dared to arrange a similar meet then they would no doubt be accused of being racist. England is in europe therefore britons are europeans, america and canada are in north america, not asia, no matter what there really is no such thing as a british, american, canadian asian. Yes you may have been born there, lived and brought up there all your life and hold a passport unless one or both of your parents are british, american, canadian then your heritage is asian, therefore this should be open to english speaking asians to make it less discriminative. Earlier a point was raised about a previous arranged coffee morning and it said, there were 3 people, 2 'british asians' and the 3rd an indian lady who spoke with an american accent!! do you not think that 3rd person reading this may feel discriminated against? If your child is born here in dubai then they are not emirate or 'arab'..... They are indian, pakistani or wherever your blood line comes from our do they automatically become british/american/canadian also as you may hold a passport for said country?? No doubt some will say this is racist, far from it my intention is not to be racist or to day dont arrange stuff, perhaps the way its been arranged may upset some folks thats all. Have fun friday  |
1. Disagree with you there... I think it is our general discriminative minset that makes us want to distinguish someone from someone else, especially in America. For example, one would say that Jeremy Lin is an Chinese American basketball phenom, they have to point out that he is of Asian ancestry. Same goes with African Americans, Indian Americans, Pakistani Americans, etc. People seem to have to differentiate these Americans based on heritage even though they are American (tried and true).
2. Please clarify this point... I am confused as to what you are trying to say. So are you saying that even though you are born in Britain or America, but your folks are Asian, then you are considered Asian? Didn't you just contradict your first point in that you said their is no such thing as British Asian?
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