Dhh – as I Remember London
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DHH shares a nostalgic and potentially divisive essay about London, sparking controversy and criticism in the comments about his views on societal politics and cultural changes.
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We don't know what a white person is. No idea, no clue. Where could we even start?
Funnily enough, though, those considerations never seem to apply to Palestinians, native Americans, indigenous Australians, etc. There is only a certain group that is somehow impossible to define precisely, yet is the primary target of those considerations.
but "native african" is vague not because African people don't exist - there is a legal definition for that - but because Africa has been invaded and seen migration for millenia.
>but because Britain has been invaded and seen migration for millenia.
So has practically every other nation including those located in Palestine, Australia, and the Americas.
>Are Normans less native than Anglo-Saxons? Are the Celts the most native? Why do the Vikings and Franks get to assimilate into nativity but not the non-white? The answer to that is very clear - however people tend to hide it behind terms like "native".
Are Afrikaners less native than Bantus? Are Khoisans the most native? Why do Khoekhoen and San get to assimilate into nativity but not the White? The answer to that is very clear - however people tend to hide it behind terms like "native".
> In 2000, more than sixty percent of the city were native Brits. By 2024, that had dropped to about a third
Those figures line up with the "White British" row of the table: 59.79% in 2001, 36.8% in 2021.
So it seems pretty clear his definition of "native Brit" means "White British person".