Are British people small minded compared to Americans ?
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Nov 12th 2009, 1:42 am
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Re: Are British people small minded compared to Americans ?
Yup. Genetically superior in every conceivable way with a seriously fierce diva personality. I won't be surprised if she turns out to be a super model ... along the lines of Naomi Campbell in personality though. 
Nov 12th 2009, 1:46 am
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Re: Are British people small minded compared to Americans ?
I'm willing to bet there's a close correlation. If you go and look at the rise in rates of mixed marriage in the US it very much coincides with the civil rights era and the end of apartheid in the US. Don't you think people are more likely to date and marry someone from another race if it is socially acceptable amongst their family/friends?
Nov 12th 2009, 1:59 am
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Re: Are British people small minded compared to Americans ?
I'm willing to bet there's a close correlation. If you go and look at the rise in rates of mixed marriage in the US it very much coincides with the civil rights era and the end of apartheid in the US. Don't you think people are more likely to date and marry someone from another race if it is socially acceptable amongst their family/friends?
Nov 12th 2009, 2:55 am
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Re: Are British people small minded compared to Americans ?
Why is itt hat British people seem to get much more defensive and go out of their way to prove they're not a racist? I talk to Brits online a lot, ones that still live in the UK, and they seem very adamant to prove they are not racist and basically step around glass shards when talking about race. I mean like, for example I would say (as I normally do) the first high school I went to didn't have a lot of blacks in it but my 2nd one did, and they get all like, 
don't say that! That's racist, I think you mean to say non-Caucasian, people-of-a-different-background, etc. Why is that? Every single one I've talked to (and met one in person when I was in Chicago) gasp when I say the word 'black' like if it was the f-bomb....or n-bomb
don't say that! That's racist, I think you mean to say non-Caucasian, people-of-a-different-background, etc. Why is that? Every single one I've talked to (and met one in person when I was in Chicago) gasp when I say the word 'black' like if it was the f-bomb....or n-bomb
Nov 12th 2009, 3:46 am
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Re: Are British people small minded compared to Americans ?
I dunno, that post just doesn't track with my experience. I've found the broad spectrum of British people is pretty much like the broad spectrum of people anywhere. Some racist small minded people and most not. Things that I think are racist based on US culture/vocabulary don't turn a head there, and vice versa.
The question should be turned back on the OP (as if he'll ever come back). He's British afterall and he should be telling us.
Otherwise, this is just a chit stirring thread.