White British people are not native Brits, a term that basically means nothing anyway. Britain invaded and colonized many other countries over the course of centuries - of course those black people are British now. Where do you draw the line? 100 years? 200? 500?
Or, do you draw it arbitrarily such that all the white people count as native, but the people of color do not? That would be awfully convenient.
Native American works as a concept because there was an American people, for thousands of years, isolated before colonization. It doesn’t work that way for Europe, in which many populations have roamed through Europe for millennia.
“Gypsies” and such are not invaders, the brown people of Europe have been there for a very long time. And, many (most?) white people in Europe are not “pure” white. What, you think those Romani and Indian people existed in Europe for hundreds of years with no mixing? Come on now.
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Or, do you draw it arbitrarily such that all the white people count as native, but the people of color do not? That would be awfully convenient.
Native American works as a concept because there was an American people, for thousands of years, isolated before colonization. It doesn’t work that way for Europe, in which many populations have roamed through Europe for millennia.
“Gypsies” and such are not invaders, the brown people of Europe have been there for a very long time. And, many (most?) white people in Europe are not “pure” white. What, you think those Romani and Indian people existed in Europe for hundreds of years with no mixing? Come on now.