‘Race’ and ethnicity are terms in common currency in popular discussion as well as academic debate, but have different significations in each.
Debates about Scottishness, as well as Englishness and Britishness, have particular implications for issues of ‘race’ and ethnicity.
Ethnic minorities in Scotland are, by and large, more likely to say that they are Scottish than equivalents in England, but more claim to be British in both countries.
Non-white people are less likely to have their claims to be Scottish accepted than white people, but nevertheless, ‘Scottish’ is treated as a more inclusive category than ‘English’.
‘Race’ and ethnicity in Scotland are not pale imitations of those in England, but are constructed and maintained within different cultural and political frameworks.
