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The first time I had a lasting attachment with someone who had been in Britain was in primary school. The guy had a Nigerian father and a British mother. Prior to that, I had been used to seeing and thinking God was a white Being.
The temple in our local church was clothed in white. The “picture” of Jesus was that of some white man. White symbolized holiness and purity; even most deceased people were buried in white clothing.
Meanwhile, the devil was depicted as black.
When I started school, there used to be a black book where the names of bad pupils were written.
In short, to be white was a privilege, while being black came with a lot of disadvantages. In our naivaty, our innocent minds had been so hyped that our belief system was that a white man couldn’t commit a crime or sin.
I could go on, but that would be a story for another day.
I believe the anti-migrant and anti-Muslim riots in the UK are not the best news to hear from that land. But things are just what they are.
To hear that in this age, some people will still go around terrorizing people because of their situation or because of their religious beliefs leaves one with much to ponder about. I learned that some vandals even went to the extent of going to places where migrants live to do whatever they wanted.
So many countries have issued travel advisories to their citizens living in the UK.
What happened?
Three girls were wickedly murdered, and people initially misinterpreted that a Muslim migrant had committed the crime. However, it was later discovered that a British citizen committed the crime.
However, some far-right elements who had been looking for ways of fomenting trouble seized the unfortunate death of the three girls as an opportunity to do so.
The Conservative Party lost the General Elections to the Labour Party. One of the new Prime Minister’s first actions was to cancel the former government’s controversial Rwanda Policy. The far-right elements were not happy with that.
One could relate that to the Conservative Parties in Europe. Why is it that anti-immigration is mainly a singsong of conservatives?
Migrants complement the manpower of European countries. They pay taxes, fill up isolated country land, improve the commercial lives of their host countries in terms of revenues, and more. Migrants do jobs the nationals of their host countries deem too low for them.
In the case of anti-Muslim, I wouldn’t think it right for anyone to be thinking about what one believes in at this point.
The authorities in the UK are trying to nip the riots in the bud, but they could still do more.
