@thegibson @KitRedgrave Speculative explanations:
1. We parse them as celebrities, the kind that's famous for no particular reason. (Why anybody cares about those is a further question)
2. Harry Potter exoticism rooted in unfamiliarity.
3. Some people have e.g. English ancestry and look at it as "roots" in the same vague way that people who have never been to Ireland may feel strongly about being half Irish when they are drunk.
4. We're still colonized in many ways.
1. We parse them as celebrities, the kind that's famous for no particular reason. (Why anybody cares about those is a further question)
2. Harry Potter exoticism rooted in unfamiliarity.
3. Some people have e.g. English ancestry and look at it as "roots" in the same vague way that people who have never been to Ireland may feel strongly about being half Irish when they are drunk.
4. We're still colonized in many ways.