No we don’t shag sheep and a Microwave in Welsh is called “Meicrodon”
Constantly saying this to you lot is what it’s like.
I’m from South Wales, and we’ve seen multiple cultures settle in our town, which is lovely. The progress that has been made in 20 years is nothing short of amazing.
What this article fails to illustrate is that you could consider alot of Welsh communities to be quite sheltered. I know plenty of people who rarely leave their home town, I know of some people who have lived their entire lives without leaving areas of South Wales.
We are programmed to recognise patterns, if a person has been surrounded by a vast majority of white people then a black person takes up residence in their area the person will be naturally curious. This isn’t necessarily a display of hostility by the person asking the question.
Secondly, the article almost seems to make complaints ‘nobody knew how to work with afro hair’ ‘we had to find other means to order Caribbean food’ . Why is this relevant?
>”Perhaps Wales and Welshness belongs to all those who care for her and the people who call her home.”
I think that’s fair.
I have been listening to a pod cast by [Seamas Carey called The Reason Why](https://seamascareymusic.com/the-reason-why) that has been delving into Cornish identity, nationalism rural xenophobia ect and this is the same conclusion that he came to.
Having lived in Rural N.Wales and now Cornwall there are many direct parallels between the two regions. For me and many I know, this boils down to simple contribution. If you contribute to the communities you live in in a meaningful way, you become part of that community where ever you are from. If you don’t, it doesn’t matter if your family has lived there since the Doomsday book, you are always going to be treated as an incomer. Those who don’t contribute, hide behind their veneer of ancestry and criticise those who come here are really the ones who are the seen as the outsiders. This was as evident in the heart of Welsh speaking Wales as it is in the middle of the moors in Cornwall where the same families have been living since before the Normans came.
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No we don’t shag sheep and a Microwave in Welsh is called “Meicrodon”
Constantly saying this to you lot is what it’s like.
I’m from South Wales, and we’ve seen multiple cultures settle in our town, which is lovely. The progress that has been made in 20 years is nothing short of amazing.
What this article fails to illustrate is that you could consider alot of Welsh communities to be quite sheltered. I know plenty of people who rarely leave their home town, I know of some people who have lived their entire lives without leaving areas of South Wales.
We are programmed to recognise patterns, if a person has been surrounded by a vast majority of white people then a black person takes up residence in their area the person will be naturally curious. This isn’t necessarily a display of hostility by the person asking the question.
Secondly, the article almost seems to make complaints ‘nobody knew how to work with afro hair’ ‘we had to find other means to order Caribbean food’ . Why is this relevant?
>”Perhaps Wales and Welshness belongs to all those who care for her and the people who call her home.”
I think that’s fair.
I have been listening to a pod cast by [Seamas Carey called The Reason Why](https://seamascareymusic.com/the-reason-why) that has been delving into Cornish identity, nationalism rural xenophobia ect and this is the same conclusion that he came to.
Having lived in Rural N.Wales and now Cornwall there are many direct parallels between the two regions. For me and many I know, this boils down to simple contribution. If you contribute to the communities you live in in a meaningful way, you become part of that community where ever you are from. If you don’t, it doesn’t matter if your family has lived there since the Doomsday book, you are always going to be treated as an incomer. Those who don’t contribute, hide behind their veneer of ancestry and criticise those who come here are really the ones who are the seen as the outsiders. This was as evident in the heart of Welsh speaking Wales as it is in the middle of the moors in Cornwall where the same families have been living since before the Normans came.