One of the most hurtful things they said to me was "we aren't racist towards you because you have a British passport". They thought it was a hilarious joke.
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Replying to @o_guest
Yea I have pretty good pronounciation, but certain words I was used to pronouncing differently and they mocked that and kept bringing it up when I went to school in England, was really great being a 16 year old girl constantly afraid I was going to pronounce something wrong
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Replying to @Haggazussa @o_guest
And the casual racism was so common... like people would ask me if I was polish under their breath to figure out if I’m a bad immigrant.
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Replying to @Haggazussa
We have the same experiences. I was told quite a few times to "fuck off back to Poland".
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Replying to @o_guest
One time an old woman at the bus stop just started talking to me how horrible all the immigrants were and I just stood there, no idea what I was supposed to do. It was a pretty illuminating experience tbh.
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Replying to @Haggazussa @o_guest
A few years back, a UKIP canvasser approached me and went off on an anti-immigrant rant. At some point I interrupted him to point out that I'm American. "Oh, we don't mean you." There're many things I love about the UK, but the xenophobia & racism fill me with so much rage.
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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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Replying to @o_guest @sheardcat
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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Replying to @o_guest @sheardcat
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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Replying to @o_guest @Haggazussa
Absolutely. My white skin and American accent afford me a tremendous amount of privilege in the UK.
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