Have you ever been subjected to Racial/ Cultural Abuse/ Discrimination?

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My dad is Tanzanian and my mum is Welsh ..... I had 5 years as a kid in Tanzania with no problems, then we moved to South Africa. This was in the Apartheid years, so legal segregation was in force - We werent allowed to eat in the same restaurants, drink in the same bars, go to the same shops, use the same water fountains or even park benches. Their crazy system of race classification made us all totally different and mistreated. All legal and encouraged by redneck Dutch inbreds.

Left there and went to America ...... where it was just as bad. 'All men are created equal' my arse! Racism wasnt legal of course, but it wasnt even kept hidden and it was a common undercurrent in everything (even today, you dont see a lot of mixing - you get your white, black, asian grounps in shopping malls, but always separately. Wierd)

Left there and came to the UK ....... more integrated and racism was definitely the exception. Still, copped my unfair share at a pretty tough boarding school until I captained the boxing team in my very first year and fucked up anyone who looked at me funnny. Sad to say that the current recession and job/immigration fears mean that racism is on the rise here now.

So ... yes, I have experienced lots of racism.