Is the UK still a safe place for biracial families?

[Frolickin]

I have a beautiful mixed race family (African and white British)

I am aware of the rise of open racism and discrimination on within the media and politics and it has as times scared me tot the core to think my kids are potential headed for a future of potential harm and inequality.

However. I’d like to hear those who feel the country is still a relative safe place for middle class, biracial families. That perhaps beyond the scare mongering. The country is overall ‘good hearted’, fair and wanting to work towards a safer society.

Love to hear experiences and thoughts (ideally positive) .

Thank you 🙏

I am not in a biracial family but have really enjoyed following zachmovesabroad on instagram. They are a biracial family from the US who decided to move to Europe after a combination of some crippling medical bills and an active shooter in their childrens' primary school (no one was hurt thank goodness). His account of the UK experience is really positive - though this is compared to the US where he said it would be barely a day that would go by when he wouldn't have some sort of racist comment which honestly shocked me.

I imagine it's also regional and circumstantial. So in big mixed cities it's unlikely anyone would glance twice.

Not a biracial family but a biracial relationship. I (white) have been quite shocked by the treatment in restaurants etc of my partner, compared to when previously I visited without my partner. The difference and rudeness has been a lot. I have even been surprised by people I know who clearly do not want to be involved. It’s a sad realisation. I hope other areas of the uk are different. I

Yes, always felt welcomed and no one seems to treat any of us differently based on different skin colours/some of us have different accents. You said specifically middle class and I'm not sure all of us (talking extended family/friendship groups) would identify that way, so if you only want responses from people who do, please ignore this.

I've chosen the UK for my home (I'm mixed race myself) and there's nowhere I'd rather be and nowhere I've felt more at home. I've lived in, and visited, some far less tolerant and less ethnically diverse places.

I have never described my family as biracial, but each to their own. We are all born in the UK - black, white, mixed, repeat!

Not one of us has ever felt unsafe. We are just people. Wouldn’t choose to live anywhere else. It actually is not a big deal.

@Frolickin, your thread appears to have run out of steam very quickly.

Your thread though has been on my mind. You have not come back, is that because the few responses you received were sufficient or not in that your fears were not validated.

Really for one to feel scared to the core at the prospect of life in the UK as experienced by a mixed race person is a huge exaggeration.

The UK is one of the most diverse countries on planet earth. Sadly there are people that are experiencing prejudice and racism in the UK but they are not mixed race and the reasons for this are very complex and are due to global issues on the whole. This does not excuse any form of racism or discrimination.

Mixed race people have not been singled out as a target for racists. I would be interested to hear from you why you think they are. My nieces, my nephews, my DGS are all mixed. My husband and I and other members of my family are in mixed relationships. We wouldn’t be able to decipher where black begins and white ends we are so mixed. We do not live in fear. Never have.

I am a 59 year old black woman and the last time I experienced racism was when I was about 10 years old and a little girl, around the same age would shout “blackie, blackie” as me and my sisters walked by.

Now if it is possible for a 10 year old to understand profoundly the meaning of the word ‘aberration’, that is the only way I can describe my feelings at the time for this strange little creature.

I would be really interested in your thoughts.

I think biracial is more of a US term.
Mixed race also used to really confuse my DC as a term. Now they just claim all three cultures based on which football team is doing better/which grandma is feeding them :)