There’s a lot of mixed feelings when it comes to British identity. Almost everyone I know has a separate ethnic identity which means we often don’t think approximately what it is to be British,or it can mean that we tend to appreciate it less. I went to Ethiopia in 2010 and personally didn’t enjoy myself. I was so used to being wrapped up in this blanket of multiculturalism that I didn’t realise being in a whole city full of people who looked similar to me would feel so unsettling. However what was even more surprising was that people were judgemental when I spoke in English and some even laughed. Immediately I was defensive of being British, which was strange as I was used to complaining daily approximately almost everything in Britain. At the finish of the trip I was happy my parents decided to raise me in London. There are a lot of things we can be grateful for: the underground or the education system, and for example. There aren’t many people in the world who can say they can get miles around a city in less than an hour.
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