Monday, March 16, 2009

Britain Seeks Its Essence, and Finds Punch Lines

This article was very interesting because I previously thought that I knew a lot about Britain, but it turned out that Britain had a lot of internal issues regarding having a decentralized government and a lack of nationalism/national unity due to differences in region, ethnicity, and religion. The author talks about how people in Britain feel that there is no such thing to be "British." This idea was very interesting to me because people who are not British know what a "British accent" is and what British people are like. Unlike being "American" where the U.S. is made up of a melting pot or a salad bowl, British people do not have an actual identity yet.
By implementing new policies and plans for British citizenship, bill of rights and duties, and a constitution, I think that the government can advance and create a new identity for British.
I think that this article applies to me personally because as a Korean American, I often question my identity as both a Korean and an American. However, I have come to realize that I can be both because I formed my own identity just as the British plan to form their own identities.

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