We recently moved to a heavily Eastern European populated area in Ealing. My family have lived in Ealing for over 50 years. A White family have stolen our trash (!) tried to break into our home, incited their children to terrorise my Autistic child, made false allegations against us. The police refuse to investigate myContinue reading “Harassment, false allegations and police ambivalence”
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Racism from my own community
It is great to start sharing stories about racism, as a lot of people do not understand what it feels like. I for one spent a lot of my younger years believing I had never faced racism. However as I got older I reaise I had but had just brushed a lot of it offContinue reading “Racism from my own community”
“Are you offended?”
When I was in sixth form (education system for people in the UK typically aged 16 to 18) I was friends with people who enjoyed making Islamophobic jokes. On one occasion one of them asked me if I was offended – in a tone that suggested I would be wrong to be offended by theContinue reading ““Are you offended?””
“P*ki bomber”
I was walking with my dad in the local shopping centre. This was a few weeks after the London bombings in 2005. A group of white teenagers walked past us. One of them simply said “P*ki bomber.” I felt embarrassed and upset that someone would associate me and my family with terrorism for no reasonContinue reading ““P*ki bomber””
“I’m Going To Have To Break Your Nose”
I was at a club night at university. I was chatting with a guy whose family are from the same country as mine, but of a different ethnicity. When I told him my ethnicity he replied “Don’t say that, because otherwise I’m going to have to break your nose.” He seemed to genuinely mean that,Continue reading ““I’m Going To Have To Break Your Nose””
“Where are you REALLY from?”
When I was a teenager I played cricket at my local cricket club. One of the dads asked me where I was from. When I told him I was from the local town he asked “No. Where are you really from?” It was an alienating and unnecessary comment to make. Particularly to a child.
Uni Friends Referred To Me As “Brown Mike”
At the end of my first year of university I found out that my white friends in my halls of residence had been referring to me behind my back as “brown Mike” (not my real name) so as to not confuse me with a white friend of theirs with the same first name as mine.Continue reading “Uni Friends Referred To Me As “Brown Mike””
Casual racism at school
I had to put up with casually racist comments from classmates on numerous occasions when I was at school. They would mock foreign accents. They would refer to the corner shop near our school as a “P*ki shop.” They would use the N-word “ironically.” I felt outnumbered, and just wanted to fit in, so IContinue reading “Casual racism at school”
I was called a black c*nt
I was performing a stand-up comedy set in a local pub. A drunk white guy heckled me early on in the set. Based on his slurred comments it appeared to be due to the colour of my skin. After the set he came up to me and apologised – “affectionately” saying “come here, you blackContinue reading “I was called a black c*nt”
Having my British nationality questioned
I attended a university society meeting. I was sat next to a white woman. We were chatting – during which I asked her where she was from. She then asked me where I was from. When I answered she replied “But where are you really from?” This made me feel that I couldn’t be genuinelyContinue reading “Having my British nationality questioned”