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?
I honestly don’t see anything wrong in flying the St George’s flag. Wanting to celebrate your roots and being proud of your Englishness doesn’t make you racist in any way. Every people have a right to be proud of who they are and where they come from irrespective of their root.
It’s unfortunate that the UK government decided to vilify the St George flag just like you highlighted but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s your national symbol and it belongs to you just as much as the others have theirs. Flying it should never be seen as hatred towards anyone else but simply love for your own heritage.
For me personally, I take a lot of pride in my own identity and where I come from and I believe that’s something no one should ever be made to feel scared of doing. I think you should do the same by standing firm in celebrating your heritage because priding in who you are is the anchor your true identity. The moment people accept restrictions in displaying their identity, they begin to lose their heritage and disrupt passing it to generations to come.