But hey, it's not that we're not making an effort. Irrespective of how long we've been settled away from Bong-land, the quintessentially Bengali accent refuses to leave us. In our jest however, we often fail to realize that our brutal honesty isn't always welcome.
Basically, if you hand us a bhaar of cha and a cigarette, we'll rattle off on autopilot, discussing and debating on anything and everything under the sky. We're conversationalists and have a point to make about literally everything. One thing that even a true blue Bengali would admit to is that we're incredibly loud. But all that wisdom isn't always welcome. But sometimes, the burden of all that awesomeness becomes a bit much to bear, and we tend to come off a little too strong.So, despite the fact that Bengalis are well loved across the nation, here's a list of things that maybe we need to tone down on. You don't meet bongs, they happen to you.
The Censuses in Scotland and Northern Ireland use different ethnicity classifications.The fact that Bengalis are pretty awesome is a no-brainer. The dashboard of ethnic categories shows that around 20 differentĮthnicity classifications are used on Ethnicity facts and figures. Reliable, or to protect individual identities
The Government Statistical Service’s (GSS) harmonised principles for ethnicity recommends that the 18 officialĮthnic groups are used whenever the government carries out social surveys or collects administrative data.Ī single, standardised list makes it easier to analyse ethnicity data wherever it is Testing (PDF opens in a new window or tab) that went into the 2011 Census ethnicity questionĬonsiders adding Roma, Sikh, Jewish and Somali ethnic groupsĬollection has changed over the last 50 years There are separate questions in the Census about national identity and religion. There has been an ethnicity question in the Census since 1991. People areĮncouraged to write in their ethnicity using their own words if they don’t identify with any groups in the list. It is recognised that these ethnic groups do not represent how all people identify.