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I am scared my husband will be beaten or worse

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Flightsandfeelings · 13/09/2025 17:38

I am married to a man who is brown and from Asia, he's been in UK 10 years and is a citizen. I am English and have always lived in the UK.
We are leaving where we live to move closer to my parents, which I am happy about for many reasons one being where we live right now is an incredibly hostile and racist place. One of the worst in all of the UK and has been for some time.
The area we are moving to is nice enough and we should be safe in our home l, which we aren't really now.

I am scared everyday when my husband goes out that he will be assaulted for being brown with an accent. I am also scared the same will be the case for when we move with the uptake in angry, mindless fake-news concerning people who look like him.

He is shouted at and people are aggressive already and we've both seen how it has gotten worse. Where we live people are burnt of their homes for not being white so my view of all this is coloured by that but not unfairly so.

OP posts:
AutumnalLight · 26/09/2025 19:26

CurlewKate · 26/09/2025 06:18

Romesh Ranganathan was saying yesterday that his wife and son had been the victims of racist incidents recently for the first time ever. Which shows that it doesn’t matter how “integrated” you are….

Does he still live in Crawley?

Swiftie1878 · 26/09/2025 20:34

AutumnalLight · 26/09/2025 19:26

Does he still live in Crawley?

He does. Probably one of the most racially diverse towns outside of London.

CurlewKate · 26/09/2025 20:41

AutumnalLight · 26/09/2025 19:26

Does he still live in Crawley?

Yes he does. Lived there all his life. His wife hasn’t been called a race traitor before though.

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