Why do people in the UK often pretend they're not in Europe?

[Samus Aran]

Kasz216 said:

Lord Flashheart said:

The UN say that "continent" can refer not only to a geographical continent, but it may also be defined on grounds of culture and politics, and Europe's culture and politics is undoubtedly different from Asia.

Or as someone else said "because they made the first textbooks"

I've already rebutted that point twice in the thread as to why Europe ISN'T culturally distinct from asia... to which nobody has offered a proper reply. If you were to divide Asia and Europe into two continents by culture... the Middle East and Indian areas would in fact be part of "Europe". Due to those nations being closer to Europe culturally then asia. When people make the cultural arguement... what they really mean is "White people live here! Non white people live in Asia!" It's an artificat of past racism.

 

Europe is culturally closer to the middle east then the other way around. We've borrowed more stuff about them then they did about us.

 

I can understand Middle east, but why India? I've been there and they DO NOT resemble us in any way. 

And well Islam is a big reason as to why the middle east is not part of Europe. 

 

Ps: Persians were white by the way.