#Multiculturalism can foster a new kind of Englishness. A piece by SPAIS @TariqModood https://t.co/0gp8COcQIT via @ConversationUK— SPAIS Bristol (@SPAISBristol) June 10, 2016
Tariq Modood:
The minimum I would wish to urge upon a centre-left that is taking English consciousness seriously is that it should not be simply nostalgic and should avoid ethnic nationalism, such as talk of Anglo-Saxonism.
Modood's background: He even claims "to be strongly motivated ... to work for the well-being of Muslims in Britain, as well as the well-being of British society." He was in the race relations industry and now presumes to tell the English how to think of themselves as well as to shut up about their Anglo-Saxonism. He says " public intellectual engagement is the gold standard." I wonder if he is going to engage with me at all. What do you think, Dear Reader?
@kessler_ed @julianbond12 @ConversationUK @TariqModood The English understandably do not want their identity to be redefined by foreigners.— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 14, 2016
@kessler_ed @ConversationUK @TariqModood What does @EnglishDemocrat @UKIP @bnp think of having their identity being redefined by foreigners?— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 14, 2016
— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 14, 2016
@SPAISBristol @TariqModood @ConversationUK How would Pakistanis like to have their identity redefined by immigrants?— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 14, 2016
@SPAISBristol Would @TariqModood like to go to Pakistan and ask Pakistanis how they would like their identity redefined by immigrants?— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 14, 2016
@SPAISBristol Is the reason @TariqModood won't tell Pakistanis to have their identity redefined by immigrants to Pakistan fear of violence?— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 14, 2016
@SPAISBristol Is @TariqModood going out of his way to provoke the indigenous white English? If so, why? @ConversationUK— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 14, 2016
@SPAISBristol Is @TariqModood deliberately provoking the English for publicity reasons? @ConversationUK— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 14, 2016
Would @TariqModood like to tell Pakistanis to shut up about being Indo-Aryan while allowing immigrants redefine their racial identity?— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 14, 2016
2 comments:
Actually, I'm not British and I enjoy a fair share of Anglo-Saxonism, so he can Either join us and enjoy all that the Anglo-Saxonism gives him or he May piss off back to Pakistan
You don't have to be white or British to see this provocation for what it is. Even if I had invaded a country I would not tell the people I have conquered that I deny their racial identity. Hubris indeed.
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