Remembering back how people made fun of my choices of words and and how I pronounced certain words in both German and English 

The sad thing is that the UK is probably one of the least racist countries. Back home in Cyprus the kids at school used to beat up any Muslims (like 2 in the whole school) every day without any repercussions because essentially the teachers agreed.
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By beat up I mean blood everywhere.

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So yes, we're bad here and should aim higher but it's actually worse in other places. In Cyprus I probably would have committed suicide by now because of the extreme sexism. There are times I am banned from speaking. I chose to settle in the UK for a reason.
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I grew up in a very left city full of immigrants and while racism and sexism is still a problem here, it was a lot less pronounced from my viewpoint than what I experienced in England, but you’re right, there are much worse places for other people to live in.
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To be fair we have white skin so everywhere we go we will face only a small percent (even zero) racism so sometimes our personal experiences aren't indicative.
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Definitely, if I’ll ever leave the country again I’ll be one of the “good” immigrants bc of the colour of my skin, level of education and employment, etc. it’s not comparable to the experiences of others.
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Colourism is a terrible drug.
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That's absolutely horrifying, though sadly not surprising, and as someone raised somewhere that gleefully voted for Donald Trump, I can hardly be the first to condemn.
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I'd really like to live in a society, though, that challenges all forms of racism, xenophobia, sexism, etc, even if it's already doing a comparatively good job. One can be simultaneously grateful for what one has and still work to make things better.
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Of course. But I get very excluded and upset when people talk about their home country as a solution for xenophobia in the UK. I have no "home" to return to.
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I'm sorry that people are so awful. :-(
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