Identity in the Scottish Diaspora

[jfraser]

Alan, Jock,

To continue the discussion so that I can better understand your views:

Do folks in Scotland hyphenate their cultural identity? In other words, we have "African-Americans", "German-Americans", Irish-Americans", etc. Do this same practice exist in Scotland? How would a first-generation Scot of Pakistani parents describe himself?

It seems that at least some Scots of recent immigrant backgrounds think that retaining items of cultural significance are important:




Likewise, some Americans of recent immigrant backgrounds have not given up the kilt:

Do you mean something like this? This has been copied from the net, not my definition.

In Scotland the term Anglo-Scot, often shortened to Anglos, is used to refer to people born in Scotland with English ancestry. The term Anglo-Scot is more often used to describe Scottish sports players who are based in England or playing for English teams.

Or maybe:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/1...o__I_m_a_Scot/