Editing White people (section)

==== Modern and official use ====
From the early 18th century, Britain received a small-scale immigration of black people due to the [[Atlantic slave trade|transatlantic slave trade]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/uk/2002/race/short_history_of_immigration.stm|title=Short History of Immigration|publisher=BBC News|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> The oldest [[British Chinese|Chinese community in Britain]] (as well as in Europe) dates from the nineteenth century.<ref name="Chinese">{{cite web |url=http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.1369|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724204513/http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.1369|archive-date=24 July 2009 |title=Culture and Ethnicity Differences in Liverpool&nbsp;– Chinese Community |publisher=Chambré Hardman Trust |access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> Since the end of World War II, a substantial immigration from the [[British colonisation of Africa|African]], [[British West Indies|Caribbean]] and [[British Asian|South Asian]] (namely the [[British Raj]]) [[Crown colony|colonies]] changed the picture more radically,<ref name="auto" /> while the adhesion to the [[European Union]] brought with it a heightened immigration from [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/briefings/migration-flows-a8-and-other-eu-migrants-and-uk|title=Migration Flows of A8 and other EU Migrants to and from the UK|first=Carlos|last=Vargas-Silva|publisher=Migration Observatory, University of Oxford|date=10 April 2014|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>

Today the [[Office for National Statistics]] uses the term ''White'' as an ethnic category. The terms ''[[White British]]'', ''[[Irish migration to Great Britain|White Irish]]'', ''[[Scottish People|White Scottish]]'' and ''[[White Other (United Kingdom Census)|White Other]]'' are used. These classifications rely on individuals' self-identification, since it is recognised that ethnic identity is not an objective category.<ref name="ONS guide">{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/measuring-equality/equality/ethnic-group-statistics/ethnic-group-statistics--a-guide-for-the-collection-and-classification-of-ethnicity-data.pdf |title=Ethnic group statistics: A guide for the collection and classification of ethnicity data |date=2003 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |page=9 |access-date=3 January 2011 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210156/http://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/measuring-equality/equality/ethnic-group-statistics/ethnic-group-statistics--a-guide-for-the-collection-and-classification-of-ethnicity-data.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Socially, in the UK ''White'' usually refers only to people of native British, Irish and European origin.<ref>Kissoon, Priya.''Asylum Seekers: National Problem or National Solution''. 2005. 7 November 2006.</ref> As a result of the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]] the White population stood at 85.5% in [[England]] (White British: 79.8%),<ref name="CensusEngland">[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls 2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in England and Wales], accessed 13 June 2014.</ref> at 96% in [[Scotland]] (White British: 91.8%),<ref name="CensusScotland">[http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2asbtable2.xls Table 2 – Ethnic groups, Scotland, 2001 and 2011 Scotlands Census published 30 September 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095905/http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2asbtable2.xls |date=24 September 2015 }}, accessed 13 June 2014.</ref> at 95.6% in [[Wales]] (White British: 93.2%),<ref name="CensusEngland" /> while in [[Northern Ireland]] 98.28% identified themselves as White,<ref name="nisra.gov.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/2011-census-key-statistics-northern-ireland|title=2011 Census – Key Statistics for Northern Ireland|date=11 January 2017|website=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/DC2206NI.xls|title=Table DC2206NI: National identity (classification 1) by ethnic group|publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency|access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref> amounting to a total of 87.2% White population (or {{circa|82%}} White British and Irish).<ref name="CensusEngland" /><ref name="ethnicity">{{cite web |url= http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/StatsBulletin2A.pdf |title=2011 Census: Key Results on Population, Ethnicity, Identity, Language, Religion, Health, Housing and Accommodation in Scotland – Release 2A|publisher=National Records for Scotland |date=26 September 2013 |access-date=30 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/Ethnic%20Group%20-%20Full%20Detail_QS201NI.XLS|title=NISRA 2011 Census: Ethnic Group: Accessed 3 June 2013}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>