Can Anyone Be English? (Lotus Eaters)

This is a good question to ask for any people. A person can be part of the English or British culture, but not ethnically English. The central problem is the divisions that can form within a society, any society. 

Humans have a problem when it comes to singling out others for little differences. Think about the divisions between Catholics and Protestants that took hundreds of years to settle. When the differences are more acute, then sorting out the problem can be a lot more difficult. This discussion, about who is English, simply deals with the matter as an issue of fact.   

An excellent point the video makes, at the end, touches on matter of reparations for British colonialism. Those claiming to be English, of foreign descent,  seem to be off the hook when it comes to paying out money, proving the point that the idea of being English is indeed tied to one's ethnicity (and longer term history).

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, February 24, 2025.]