Britain seems to be losing its Great…
I didn’t ever think I would be at the receiving end… (don’t know why) but today I experienced my first Brexit fuelled racist verbal abuse. .. surrounded by 3-4 year olds who were subjected to an f-word fuelled tirade…by a large -bottle of -cider-swigging gentleman in Margate.
Lovely.
A child had chucked a stone up and narrowly missed him. I understand his frustration and had this child’s mother seen him, it wouldn’t have happened.
But you know, kids will be kids.
He started by shouting that “You lot should keep an eye on your kids. He nearly hit me with a rock! ” then, seeing me and another Indian mother, said “And why don’t you go back where you came from!”
The other surrounding parents, my class’s lovely parents, were predominantly English by chance.
That’s it!
They were on the case straight away!
“What you talking about. We’re All English here!”
That started him off f-ing and blinding, with no care whose innocent ears he was offending.
A Bay Attendant was there and he saw the whole thing, went up to this lovely gentleman then came down to us apologising.
He was aware of the stone throwing but was appalled at the man’s language.
Obviously it was not a good place to sit and drink cider… he moved on.
All I shall say is “Britain, where’s the Great?”
But I Smile Anyway... 