„Kinder missbrauchten mich und die Erwachsene“ Reaktion hat mich gebrochen „
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn82vnz8vvgo
Von Tartan_Samurai
„Kinder missbrauchten mich und die Erwachsene“ Reaktion hat mich gebrochen „
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn82vnz8vvgo
Von Tartan_Samurai
11 Kommentare
Imagine going to the papers about some shitty kids saying shitty things to you on a train.
Edit: Thank you for the downvotes, Reddit saviours. Have heard this shit all my life as a brown person in this country but it’s good to know I should’ve gone to the news with it.
She recorded them and went to BTP with it. What else is supposed to happen now?
> Ms Choudry said after calling the police, she activated the passenger alarm to try to stop the youngsters from fleeing
What the fuck?
She thinks that nothing has changed. She should take heart that this incident has made the bbc news website – this would not have happened until recently
Kids are dicks, a lot seem to grow where they face no consequences for their actions, so I’m not surprised they would feel like they could racially abuse someone.
The adults reaction is more concerning, I might have missed it but I’m not sure how old the kids were, but if there were people near enough to hear what was being said and ignored it then there is something wrong with society.
Of course I’m not suggesting people start throwing hands with strangers, especially with the risk of knife crime, but to act like “so what” when you hear what they said is worrying. Unless the adult is of the misguided opinion that it’s illegal to film children
The response from the other passengers is disgusting, that would have made her feel so isolated, things truly are going backwards here.
> Ms Choudry runs the firm Roti Box
I’m not sure how that’s relevant to the story, but you’ve either given her some free publicity or told more racists where to go if they want to do more damage.
Something similar happened to a Black lady a day or so after the Unite The Kingdom Rally on a train to London, some teenagers were yelling the N-word at her.
This is why it’s not just about religion to the racists – they hide behind the fact they think Islam is incompatible with the West but what they truly hate are brown people. Ms Chaudhry I’m assuming is neither Muslim nor Pakistani but it doesn’t stop people for targeting her as one because of the colour of her skin.
Growing up that word was used all the time and I honestly didn’t think it was racist. It was just a shorthand in my mind, the same way foreign people might call us a Brit or we would call an American a Yank. I assume this was the case for most people? I basically didn’t really get why describing someone by their country of origin was automatically bad thing and my brain still has that knee jerk reaction of „this is stupid“ all these years later, despite never using the word myself for about 20 years and knowing that some people use it in a racially aggravating way.
Obviously we shouldn’t use words like this towards people, but I guess my mind still considers the N word on a completely different spectrum of offence compared to the P word.
This is very interesting. A lot of people think the US is the most racist country but it’s not.
I am from a somewhat similar ethnic background to this woman and I have the same sort of colouring as her. I’ve spent the last few years living in the US and, hand on heart, it is like racism doesn’t exist here. Most people just presume I’m a brunette English girl. Others think some sort of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern, but don’t care to pry or ask. It’s just such a diverse place.
But the minute I step back in the UK I feel the hostility. It’s a crazy shift. I’m sure there will be people in the comments who disagree with me but I’m speaking from experience. I feel very fearful because of what happened to her and in a city as diverse as London of all places. Now the question is do I bite the bullet and bleach my hair a few shades lighter before returning home to try and ‘blend in’ more… thoughts I never had before this year…