[Me. I Am Salman]

An Asian man who was born in Pakistan but has been living in the UK as a British resident for 30 years

OR

A Caucasian man with British heritage who was born in the UK but has been living in South Africa as a South African resident for 30 years?

[InOne]

It depends.

[Samuel.]

The latter.

[Jack_]

The Asian man. To have a 'British identity' would mean that you're accustomed to our culture, although that in itself is hard to define.

Being born in a certain nation doesn't automatically mean that's your cultural identity.

[King Gizzard]

Second option

[Livia]

I think it would be impossible to make a determination based solely on those facts.

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Livia

I think it would be impossible to make a determination based solely on those facts.

This

More inanity.

[CharlieO]

Depends when the second man moved to south africa.

[Jords]

The latter.

[lostalex]

Which ever one accomplishes more. Isn't that usually how the British claim their own?

If they do anything important then they will certainly be claimed to be British. lol.

[SharkAttack]

Whichever one knows how to make the best chicken curry. ;-)

[joeysteele]

I'd consider them both equally British.

[Mystic Mock]

You are where your born so the latter.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

asian guy

[Shasown]

Either person could class themselves as belonging to their homeland and feel their owe their allegiance to that country.

Country of residence is often simply a matter of convenience.

[GypsyGoth]

The asian guy.

[lostalex]

This is actually an interesting question because of the Olympics this summer, and there is a phenomenon that is causing some controversy called "Plastic Brits", which is basically the British Olympic Commitee is tryna recruit epople that arn't really British to compete for Britain under the british flag at the games.

I know there is one American specifically i read about, who was born in America and Raised in America, but because her parents are British so she qualifies for British citizenship, and she wasn't good enuf to get on the American team, now she's being allowed to compete for the British team.

Which does seem wrong to me.

"Michael Johnson: If the rules allow Plastic Brits in the Olympics then the rules are wrong"

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/oly...#ixzz1lRxX5RG1

[Livia]

Michael Johnson is being paid to commentate on the Olympics this summer... by the BBC. You'd have thought, bearing in mind his strength of patriotic fervour and his elevated place in American sports history he would have held out for an American network to employ him? You'd have thought they'd have been tripping over each other to employ him. But... no.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

Michael Johnson is being paid to commentate on the Olympics this summer... by the BBC. You'd have thought, bearing in mind his strength of patriotic fervour and his elevated place in American sports history he would have held out for an American network to employ him? You'd have thought they'd have been tripping over each other to employ him. But... no.

he's got a big contract with BBC though, bigger than anything any of the American networks would offer him. BBC covers athletics a lot more, like the non-olympics event type stuff than American networks. American networks don't cover athletics(track and field) at all except for the olympics, so that's prolly why.

[Niall]

The former.

Being British (or any nationality for that matter) doesn't mean you have to have blood ties to a country. Moving here and growing up here makes you British even if you were born in some far off land to begin with. The customs and values we have here that you pick up are what make you British, not your family or birthplace. ._.

[Crimson Dynamo]

By "British" I take it you mean "English"?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

By "British" I take it you mean "English"?

Does it matter? No. It's still the same question.

[Redway]

The former.

[Z]

Ask the two men. The chances are the man in South Africa probably feels completely integrated in South African culture because he's lived in it for 30 years; while the man living in the UK feels that way about the UK. This is basically just a question to see if anyone has any weird xenophobic perceptions of national identity... and to me, national identity can only ever be labelled by the individual, not society. You can be British born and live in another country for the rest of your life but always feel like you belong in Britain; or you could immerse yourself in the other country's culture and feel like you belong there. It all comes down to the individual and their perception.