Questions about the culture/atmosphere of England

[keepittoyourself]

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England refers to one of four constituents, and I have literally never heard anyone in England refer to it as England - surely it is better, if people are heading over to the UK that terminological difficulties are sorted out in advance?</p>

<p>Samuck - having lived my entire life in Britain, I can assure you, that that sort of casual racism barely exists. Certainly not amongst intelligent people. My College has a lot of Jewish and Chinese people there, and I cannot think of a single racist incident.

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<p>You must be deaf.</p>

<p>My English friends routinely used the word England, to refer both to England (which is fine) and to the UK (which is definitely not fine).</p>

<p>When I was at Cambridge I encountered quite a lot of braying racism. Off the top of my head I can think of remarks that were made about South Asians, Irish people and Arabs. I encounter just as much racism in the US, though, it’s just that the targets are different usually.</p>

<p>Since England and Scotland (and Wales) have different educational systems, albeit very similar ones, referring to England in this context certainly sounds like an ‘international context’ to me.</p>