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IronLionZion

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29. You should be fine in large diverse "elitist" capital cities
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 02:44 PM
Jun 2016

and of course the university town of Oxford. There are plenty of non-Anglos there. And they will probably look down slightly at you for being American regardless of race.

It's the more working class neighborhoods and industrial cities that might be a problem. They have had incidents of violence and discrimination against immigrants.

I believe you PF JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #1
Let me guess; this happened in England or Wales. AllTooEasy Jun 2016 #27
actually london PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #45
I hope your friend is okay. I have been reading a number of stories of non-anglos being attacked niyad Jun 2016 #2
she is pretty strong PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #7
This American woman had a similar experience, came up with an interesting campaign: auntpurl Jun 2016 #37
Trump gets a lot of passes and excuses made for his voters too. The denial is deep Person 2713 Jun 2016 #3
Anecdotes certainly prove that there is no other reason behind the BREXIT votes... Human101948 Jun 2016 #5
No, and thanks for being glib Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #12
There can be more than one fucking reason for people voting leave. Claiming that xenophobia Chakab Jun 2016 #19
Certainly not trying to be an obtuse denialist... Human101948 Jun 2016 #21
The heads of the leave campaign exploited concerns about economic insecurity and systemic equality Chakab Jun 2016 #22
No argument there... Human101948 Jun 2016 #24
So we should ignore blatant racism? DonRedwood Jun 2016 #25
Even the anger over the consequences of neoliberal policies gets directed toward tblue37 Jun 2016 #35
Nothing scares a racist white anglo more than Lance Bass esquire Jun 2016 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #10
And, sometimes, even other white people - if they have an accent. forest444 Jun 2016 #28
LOL ... at least the transaction began with a smiling greeting. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #30
You take what you can get, I suppose. forest444 Jun 2016 #32
LOL. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #34
"He's from Barcelona . . . . . " no_hypocrisy Jun 2016 #6
I've been aware of the xenophobia PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #9
i am sorry your friend is experiencing that. drray23 Jun 2016 #8
Actually, it's the opposite TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2016 #15
"A few people here believe that you can't reduce Brexit to nothing "but" racism and xenophobia." Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #18
Just more bullshit. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2016 #23
Whatever. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #40
You really don't see the problem with your apologia for racism? ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #33
I'm not apologizing for racism! TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2016 #38
you are seeing things that arent there PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #46
Sorry about your friend! LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #11
I'm leaving for my first ever visit to Britain on Sunday Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #13
I'm so sorry. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #14
I'd like to say it eas isolated incidents but it seems to be spreading PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #16
If you don't mind me asking, Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #17
London & Oxford Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #20
you will be fine there. drray23 Jun 2016 #26
You should be fine in large diverse "elitist" capital cities IronLionZion Jun 2016 #29
Scorn makes me chipper, I guess I'll survive that. ;) Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #31
No, you didn't come across as self-serving at all. Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #39
These are the two cities that I know best; and I think there's very little chance of problems LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #43
Very true. Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #44
I'm so sorry that happened to your friend. auntpurl Jun 2016 #36
yep it's frustrating PaulaFarrell Jun 2016 #41
... the next thing, Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #42
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