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the-nettle-knight · 3 months ago

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To other English people, stop saying "England has no culture", it is actively harming us. There is a reason the Tories defunded the arts and heritage sectors whilst scapegoating immigrants. The fear that immigrants will come and destroy Englishness is only working as the government is literally trying to actively wipe it out. If we a) recognise the things that are distinctly cultural (eg architecture styles) and b) actively participate in the traditions you're always told are silly (Morris and Molly dancing, scarecrow competitions and folk songs), it will actually make us better as a country and more difficult to divide via classism, racism and xenophobia

#they speak #england #english culture #sincerely someone who's tired #yes we have traditional folk costumes and folklore and architecture styles and chruch traditions #our language is cultural - just because it is now a (forced) lingua franca don't forget that #please just go to a local museum or library and pick up a book of local folklore and history #go to the slightly shit village or town fête and watch the slightly shit morris dancers - do you know why they're slightly shit?#bc they're all Old. they're the only ones really actively participating in it #londoners especially stop doing this - of course you think there's no culture if you've never actually left london and actively participate #*participated in it

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