English people
Let an agent describe the English people as a nation and ethnic group, relay demographic and identity data with sources, present history and identity debates with attribution, describe regional identities, and distinguish English from British and from other peoples of the United Kingdom.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe the English people as a nation and ethnic group, relay demographic and identity data with sources, present history and identity debates with attribution, describe regional identities, and distinguish English from British and from other peoples of the United Kingdom.
A nation and ethnic group native to England who share English culture, history and the English language, numbering tens of millions in England and with descendants in many countries, with regional identities such as Londoners, Brummies and Kentishmen, and with English identity intersecting with Britishness, migration and multiple heritage, as in people of Italian or Japanese descent who identify as English; the registry alias Ulster Protestant refers to a distinct community in Northern Ireland with its own contested identity and is noted here as an outlier.
What it is for: Not applicable; a people.
It can be explain identity and regional groups; relay demographic data; present history and debates with attribution; distinguish from British and other UK peoples.
Distinguishing features
English language and culture
Overlap with Britishness
Regional identities
Global diaspora
What it looks like
No defining physical appearance; identity is cultural, linguistic and historical.
Physical character
people identifying as English only in England and Wales: about 8.7 million people - census 2021, with about 33 million identifying as British only
English ethnic group category: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British census category - 2021
How it is recognised
Nation native to England
Regional identities, diaspora, multiple heritage
British is the wider civic identity; Scots, Welsh and Irish are other peoples; Ulster Protestants are a Northern Irish community
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
speaks - the national language
is native to - the country
is contrasted with - and other UK peoples
In practice
Families and kinds
English people in England
regional identities such as Londoners, Brummies, Kentishmen and others
English diaspora in the Americas, Australia and elsewhere
people of multiple heritage identifying as English
Ulster Protestants as a distinct Northern Irish community listed by the registry
Standards and regulation
UK census ethnicity and national identity categories
Equality Act protections for national and ethnic identity
Failure modes and hazards
Conflating English with British
Exclusionary definitions of Englishness
Presenting identity debates as settled
Misplacing Ulster Protestants under English people
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identity Who the English are.
Attribution.
Definition
Identity and distinctions.
Definition
Definition.
- Who are the English, and how does English identity relate to British identity, as surveys and scholars describe? definition
- Is the question about English people, British people or another UK community? boundary
Regional
Regional identities.
Regional
Regional.
- What regional identities such as Londoners, Brummies and Kentishmen exist, and how are they expressed? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific regional identity? action
Data Demography.
Sources.
Census
Census data.
Census
Census.
- What do census data show about English identity and ethnicity, with sources and their categories explained? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Diaspora
Diaspora.
Diaspora
Diaspora.
- Where do people of English descent live worldwide, with estimates and their limits? provenance
- Which entry fits English diaspora? action
History History.
Attribution.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How do historians, archaeologists and geneticists describe the origins of the English, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and non-essentialist? boundary
Development
Development.
Development
Development.
- How did English identity develop through the medieval kingdom, union with Scotland and empire, as historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Today Identity debates and culture.
Attribution.
Debates
Contemporary debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist about Englishness, devolution and inclusion, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What cultural traditions are associated with the English, described with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits English culture? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should regional identities be separate entries?
- How should census sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases including a Northern Irish community; should it be removed or split off?