Overheard in Paddock Wood

[poliphilo]

White haired old man in Charity Shop: "This has become an indigenous country. They're coming in from everywhere. We're becoming all mixed up. And they bring diseases. Hepatitis B. Ominous times...."

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It takes a considerable effort to overcome the tribal mindset.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

It does.

One wonders how many people making such comments know anything at all about their own ancestral make-up?
It's all based on that grand old British assumption that everyone else is a foreigner.

Othering........I know it so well.