If you were an interracial couple....

[CurlewKate]

.....would you avoid Leeds this weekend? If there was no compelling reason to go?

I understand why you'd want to but can't help feeling the best antidote to this is to carry on living your life and not hiding away

Yes I would, I've cancelled my holiday not risking my partner and child. Not until
It dies down. It's so not worth the risk.

@hattie43 I agree. But it's not me-it's dd and the visit to Leeds is part of a family break to Yorkshire. Her dp is determined that we shouldn't cancel the Leeds bit, but she's scared. And I think I am too. Tempted to just cancel....

I think if your young daughter will be scared then yes avoid Leeds . Holidays are not about fear and stress and hopefully these riots will be finished soon .

No I wouldn't.

Definitely - people who aren't directly at threat, really don't have a clue. Why go somewhere you could literally be assaulted, abused etc because of what you look like?

Hope not hate has a list of cities being hit - doesn't look like Leeds is having another.

You could change plans to go to York or Wetherby which seem safe.

I don't think I would avoid it, no. (Am in a mixed relationship if it makes any difference). I'm more of a mind to carry on with our lives as usual and not let the terrorists win.

Completely understand the anxiety though, and if that's going to get in the way of your dd enjoying the trip, then it might make sense to cancel.

100% as much as we shouldn’t have to hide away it’s just not worth the risk. Got a trip to Sheffield booked on Thursday and will most likely be cancelling that for safety reasons

@MrsBennetsPoorNerves "Completely understand the anxiety though, and if that's going to get in the way of your dd enjoying the trip, then it might make sense to cancel."

Ironically, that's exactly what I said to another poster first thing this morning-I hadn't thought about our trip!

I think it's hard to adjust to the idea that you might need to think about these things in this day and age.

DD and her bf have gone on a trip to another city this week. DH was a bit concerned but ultimately we all agreed that we should carry on as usual. It's shit that people even have to ask that question though.

It's not an anxiety, it's currently a genuine threat to our families in some areas.

Sorry, I don't mean to minimise the threat at all. I am just saying that, as a family, we have decided to carry on as usual. Completely understand why others might make different choices.

No. I am in an interracial couple and live in Leeds. Both me, do and my daughter haven’t had an issue in Leeds centre this weekend.

My daughter did however get followed and shouted at the quite residential street my dad lives on, last week in a town that’s had no trouble

No. I’m a black woman and I wouldn’t avoid anywhere. I understand why people are worried but I refuse to let this dictate my life

I think it's slightly different for a man , most of the people rioting seem to be angry white men.
Did you see the men in Middlesbrough opening cars? Asking if they were white and English?

I would not be keen I'm white my partner's not.
We had a chat last night about it

I agree, different when you're a man and also if you're a hijab wearing/culturally dressed woman.

There's literally been people attacked, stabbed and spat on.. if you're happy you can defend yourself if needed, then fair enough but taking an already anxious child would be difficult.

Although saying this, I can't see any other protests are planned in Leeds and depending on what you were going to do, there's other cities close-ish which look like they're not on the riot radar

It would probably depend on what we looked like to be honest.

I'm black. I'm at risk of assault, abuse everywhere everyday. As are my dc I definitely "have a clue".

Sorry- no child is involved-I obviously didn't make my self clear! My dd is an adult. She's white and her dp is from Shri Lanka. We've decided to skip the Leeds trip anyway. It was only a tiny bit of our break. Sod's Law says we'll meet some hideous racists in a remote village in the Dales.....

Good on you and a fantastic attitude!

Exactly.

Well clearly my comment doesn't apply to you then does it.

There's a lot of chat on this, people obviously concerned but more so about police safety, damage to propert and police or govt response, not realising people are actually scared of being attacked. Like Asians and black people have been.

And I have to say it's heavily Islamophobia at play with these riots - mosques bring targeted, rumours now getting spread that the 17 year old reverted to Islam etc.

I am mixed race and in an interracial marriage. I wouldn't avoid it but I'm 4ft11 with an attitude of a 6ft body builder, thinking I can fight the world 🥴

However, if it was my child, I would tell them to avoid it.

Can someone say why you’d avoid it? I’ve not watched the news

The far right demo in Leeds was last Saturday. No further protests planned here. My DH is Indian, I'm white and we live in Leeds. We've been going out and about as usual and have had no problems.
Honestly Leeds is so diverse and wonderfully multicultural that it feels safe to me. When I wall around Leeds it feels like over 30% of people are BAME. It's such a friendly place, I feel that if someone attacked DH loads of people would come to our rescue.
Even during the far right protest on Saturday, there wasn't really any trouble. It was all contained in a very small area and there were thousands of black and Asian people continuing with their shopping, having lunch etc. This was all at the height of the protest.
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