Nationality+and+Cultural+tolerance+and+Diversity+in+the+British+Empire

= Nationality and Cultural Tolerance and Diversity = = = = Nationality Diversity in the UK = Since the British Empire covered much of the globe it had a lot of different ethnic groups in it. In the UK alone there is still a great number of different ethnic groups. Liverpool holds the oldest black population which migrated there in the 1730s, when the British Empire was around. The UK also holds the oldest Chinese population in Europe, when the Chinese arrived in the 19th century, toward the end of the British Empire. In the 17th century, Huguenots refugees from France arrived in the UK and in the 19th century there was a lot of Jews and Irish people immigrating to the UK, and just like the Chinese, near the collapse of the British Empire. People from Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia migrated to the UK during the British Empire’s time period. = Racism = There was quite a lot of racism in the British Empire. When the British colonised Ireland they treated the Irish like native Indians in the Americas, they were treated as though they were just in the way. They were treated this way because they did not own the land they walked on and so it was easy for the British to take it and so the native people were considered inferior to the British. Only Englishmen were considered gentlemen, every other man from a different nationality was considered uncivilized and uncultured. This gentleman title made it easier for them to get land, slaves, fame, and money. The British used Africans as slaves and sold them cheaply as though they were a thing and not a being. They made it as though blacks were inferior to whites no matter who they were. Since the British Empire became so powerful, the British then considered themselves superior to other people. In the 19th century, Social classes became of big importance to the British. People were often put in a Social class because of their race and not their wealth. An example of this is the Irish people were seen both racially inferior to the British and so were put in a lower class. You were also put into classes with what you owned as the people that owned almost no land were put in a lower class than those who did. This process still occurs today. = A British Citizen = People that were born within the borders of the British Empire, no matter their parents background, they were automatic citizens of the British Empire. People who were foreign born could not become a British citizen through any way. There were very rare exceptions. Later on it became that if both parents were English and the child was born on foreign soil he/she could still become a British citizen. It then became that the child could become a British citizen even if he was born on foreign soil if his father was British. In 1870, British women who married a foreign man would lose her British nationality. This was a from of racism and sexism in the British Empire. Back to Links to Cliodhna's work on the British Empire

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