I can't believe that I'm having to ask this question in an international forum. I'm English. I was born in England of English parents who were also born in England. I'm proud of this, and of my heritage and the achievements of my country. I'm not proud to be thought of as British. Recently there has been an upsurge in the flying of the cross of St George, and the treasonous UK government has vilified this. I've been given such a flag, and I'm displaying it in my van as a protest against its banning. It annoys me that the Welsh, Scots, and Irish are allowed to be proud of their heritage ( which they should be ), but we English are called racists if we declare that we are English. I believe that everyone should be proud of their heritage, and when you lose that, you lose a major part of your identity and personality.
What do you guys think? Am I a racist for flying the flag of my country?
And why do you need approval from us again? Personally i never understood about being proud of land you were born into, because i don't need to. I was born into very privileged society, where i don't need to defend everything i am. But i do realize that some people need to try to fix their identity so that shame wouldn't be a primal main feeling. But i don't think that even comes from being born in somewhere.
I don't have that experience, so it's really hard for me to get that some people have their identities connected to a country, and that they feel they have crisis over it. I think i would need to feel like an underdog to get there.
I don't except that people would clap their hands and say "well done being born there". Because that didn't require any effort from me. Hell i didn't even consent to it.
I am proud of my achievements and things i have worked hard on, especially when i am expressing myself and my inner feelings with that, because that's me. I have done literally nothing to do with the fact i was born in somewhere.