On September 18, 2014, the Scottish referendum will decide whether the country in which I was born will continue to exist. I will have no vote. But this does not mean it does not matter to me. On the contrary, it matters a great deal. My parents came as refugees to Britain. When they took citizenship, they were proud to think of themselves as British. To me, “English” is an ethnic identity and “British” a civic one. I am a citizen of the world’s most successful multinational state. If Scotland were to depart, I would lose an important part of myself.
2014年9月18日的苏格兰公投，将决定我的出生国是否将继续存在。我没有投票权，但这不代表公投对我不重要。相反，它对我非常重要。我父母是以难民身份来到英国的。当他们取得英国国籍时，他们以身为英国人而自豪。在我看来，“英格兰人”是种族身份，“英国人”是公民身份。我是世界上最成功的多民族国家的公民。如果苏格兰脱离英国，我将丧失一部分重要的自我。
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