Is living in countryside (Villages in UK) racist

Fadileeds

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Suit yourself....and I think you have just answered your own thread question...

Most people simply don't care what qualifications anyone has...we just want to know if someone will try and fit in...judging by what you've said then I think many will wonder if you will try...

Will you need to care what qualifications you have. I know few doctors don't speak English fluently but can do surgeries. Do you think they going to spend years of their life to learn every word in the dictionary to fit in?

To be honest if there were no mixed cultures in any country the country will miss out so many clever people from all over the world to be better. I worked with Russians on huge project in software engineering when i was in Greece and man i have never seen such clever people and they dont speak the damn Greek language.

and that is exactly why so many skilled people leave countries to find better environments in the world as their own country dont care about their qualifications.

And when we achieve something great for the company your work or university is name of the country where is the university or the company been credit but you dont know who is behind it.

Davesnave

Strapped wrote: »

Yeah, that's one of the few things I don't like about living in the South Hams - full of people like you.

They haven't found us yet! :rotfl:

Perhaps they won't: we had an Indian Fayre Queen this year.

TopQuark

Fadileeds wrote: »

and that is exactly why so many skilled people leave countries to find better environments in the world as their own country dont care about their qualifications.

This is an interesting point Fadi! I certainly find that my qualifications are more highly thought of here in Switzerland than they were in the UK. I didn't go to the right school or come from the right kind of town, which seemed to be as least as important as my qualifications, ridiculous as that is.

9ja4life

OP -

I live in a very rural area in the SW. I am black and my husband is white. I have not encountered any overt or covert racism. I also teach at the local college. What I have noticed is people do look as I have only seen one other black person in the last 18 months!

People also ask more direct questions which is quite refreshing actually and there is usually very little PC !!!!! footing language. I am always happy to answer as it maybe the only way to eliminate certain stereotypes.

Invariably, there's always the how, where, why questions as well as many more!

During the Lee Rigby debacle, I taught a lesson on Rights and Needs - I teach Health & Social Care at Diploma level and all my students were amazed when I said I was an immigrant on a visa. So they also got a mini lesson on the different categories of immigrants that could be found in the UK (was being observed that day too and got an excellent!)

I know my neighours and they all know me and my siblings who sometimes come to visit. The weekend we moved in, neighbours brought us flowers, food and cards. That has never happened to me before in any city I have lived in the UK and I have lived in quite a few where I have actually been a victim of and witnessed racism.

wannahouse

gazter wrote: »

Or possibly the french and germans have repeatedly tried to conquer us, and hundreds of thousands of our direct ancestors have died on battlefields fighting them.

which is why the welsh, scottish, amd irish often don't like the english so much!

adouglasmhor

wannahouse wrote: »

which is why the welsh, scottish, amd irish often don't like the english so much!

As a Scotsman with French, Lankan and Dutch ancestors I am surprised how little intolerance I have experienced when I travel. But then again maybe I am judging by the low standard of West of Scotland sectarianism that I grew up seeing.

gazter

9ja4life wrote: »

OP -

I live in a very rural area in the SW. I am black and my husband is white. I have not encountered any overt or covert racism. I also teach at the local college. What I have noticed is people do look as I have only seen one other black person in the last 18 months!

People also ask more direct questions which is quite refreshing actually and there is usually very little PC !!!!! footing language. I am always happy to answer as it maybe the only way to eliminate certain stereotypes.

Invariably, there's always the how, where, why questions as well as many more!

During the Lee Rigby debacle, I taught a lesson on Rights and Needs - I teach Health & Social Care at Diploma level and all my students were amazed when I said I was an immigrant on a visa. So they also got a mini lesson on the different categories of immigrants that could be found in the UK (was being observed that day too and got an excellent!)

I know my neighours and they all know me and my siblings who sometimes come to visit. The weekend we moved in, neighbours brought us flowers, food and cards. That has never happened to me before in any city I have lived in the UK and I have lived in quite a few where I have actually been a victim of and witnessed racism.

A lovely refreshing post. We exchanged today and are moving to a village, my wife is Nigerian. She has lived in my home town for a decade and not had any grief. We even lived in what another poster referred to as a poor white working class area. She got the bus to work every day and no trouble. (interesting though, she got a job in the uk within three weeks of landing, despite not having equivalent qualifications, and yet surrounded by youths who have not had any meaningful employment for years).

gazter

wannahouse wrote: »

which is why the welsh, scottish, amd irish often don't like the english so much!

The Scots were never conquered though, we joined in a mutual agreement...

adouglasmhor

gazter wrote: »

The Scots were never conquered though, we joined in a mutual agreement...

We had been conquered at least once before the union reduced to client nation and freed ourselves, we were virtualy conquered by Cromwells forces as well.

Fadileeds

gazter wrote: »

A lovely refreshing post. We exchanged today and are moving to a village, my wife is Nigerian. She has lived in my home town for a decade and not had any grief. We even lived in what another poster referred to as a poor white working class area. She got the bus to work every day and no trouble. (interesting though, she got a job in the uk within three weeks of landing, despite not having equivalent qualifications, and yet surrounded by youths who have not had any meaningful employment for years).

It happened to me too where i used live in Dewsbury there are alot of Asians i was living in closed area with all Britishs families round when i used to walk to work people used call me all Asians names i was looking at them and replying do i look to you like Asian :-) and i am not even dark just probably the grey/dark hair :-)