23 March 2012

Identity shifts

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Richard was born in England, but moved to Florida at the age of two. “By the time I left the United States when I was 11 I definitely identified myself as American.” Moving back to England changed this, however.

“I now probably identify most as being from London because of its multiculturalism…but I’m not actually from London. When people ask me I say that I’m English.”

Click the video above to see the rest of Richard’s story. Watch more stories of other people’s British identities here.

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