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In reply to the discussion: OH MY GOD let's get several things straight about Brexit [View all]elljay
(1,178 posts)Do we have to impose age or ethnic purity requirements on a culture? Mexicans are a mix of indigenous peoples and the European Spanish invaders who imposed the Catholic religion on what remained of the population after they caused the deaths of most natives. Does that mean that there is no Mexican people or culture, too? Do they get to be a culture because they have darker skin than the English? Don't the English get to decide what is their culture and not outsiders? I am not English so not qualified to make decisions for them, but I do understand from personal experience what it is like to love one's culture and want to preserve it. There is a huge difference between wanting and enjoying diversity and getting overwhelmed by it and it is their right to make that decision, for better or worse.