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a sense of identity

I always thought I could have my freedom and my family. There was a time when I thought I could, but I don't think there is a middle road. I don't think you can have both. I think Asian lasses will go for freedom. Some lasses think they've found a middle, but the middle means cheating yourself.
(Second Generation Muslim Girl, b.1968)

My religion and my culture are inextricably bound together. I shall never become completely Anglicised or a carbon copy of British society. We can continue to live together. Unity, yes - uniformity, no!
(First Generation Asian Man, b.1938)

I really was astride two cultures, and trying to come to terms with both and marry them together. It probably made me a better person. I don't think I necessarily had the benefit of any one particular culture, you tend to get the debris of several.
(Second Generation Irish Man, b.1956)

It's because I don't belong really. I'm not purely English. And when I go over to Yugoslavia I'm still looked on as a foreigner. They even say I look English over there. You've got instances of Yugoslavs here changing their name to fit in with this...English value thing. I'd never do that, never ever change my name.
(Third Generation Yugoslav Man, b.1961)