British Belief And Values Edited June 17

British !
Beliefs and Values!

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v What does “stereotype” means? a fixed idea or image that many people have of a particular type of person or thing, but which is often not true in reality (Oxford
Advanced Dictionary)
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British stereotypes – CAUTION!

v British society is constantly changing v What is often regarded as typically British may in fact be only typically English v Britain is multicultural

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British vs. english
Yes, I am Welsh first. If someone ties me down, I’ll say I’m British.
I’m proud to be Welsh, but not so proud to be British. Britishness for me is just a name. End of story. (White Welsh, Cardiff)

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- I don’t want to be British. I want to be Scottish!
- I do think of us as part of Britain
- No, but we’re Scottish
- Year, but we’re British. We’re
British. Your passport says that you’re British.
(White Scottish, Glasgow)

The first thing that comes to mind when you say English is a white person. You don’t see a black person as English.
(Black Africans and Black 5
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London)

MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN
We celebrate the diversity in our country, get strength from different cultures and the races that go to making up Britain today. (Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, 2 October 2001)

More than 250 languages are spoken in London

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Conservatism
Being different
The love of nature
The love of animals
Formality and informality
Public spiritedness and amateurism
Privacy and sex
Others
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1. Conservatism
They may NOT
BEHAVE
in traditional ways

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For example

The decline of nuclear family

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They LIKE symbols of tradition and stability Politicians cited enthusiasm for traditional family values as a way of winning support 8

1. Conservatism v They like their pubs to look old

v They