Racism against East-Asian / Chinese - your honest thoughts (moving back to England)

[JerryBean]

Hi everyone. I am planning on moving back to England after over a decade in Hong Kong.

My wife is from Hong Kong. We do not have children yet but plan to.

My concern is that there has been more and more news about apparently racist attitudes towards people of East-Asian / Chinese appearance, in particular just last week, a lecturer (from China) at Uni of Southampton was attacked after going for a jog: www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-56209881

There was another 'spontaneous' attack on the UCL Singaporean student on Oxford St last year, which I was 'hoping' would be an isolated incident, but obviously there are nasty people out there. Seems Trump and potentially Brexit have had a hand in influencing how people feel (not least people being stuck indoors due to a virus likely originating in China) - but to violently attack someone speaks of a real kind of hatred / tribalism / racism .

I am hoping this passes - but I would be grateful for your honest views on whether you think this will get worse, or what you hear through your friends / family in fact suggests there is an undercurrent of racism?

I ask under the 'Parenting' topic because my future children may grow up in the UK and I don't want them to feel afraid if they are just going for a jog. I might reconsider moving to another South East Asian country like Singapore if it looks like UK is not welcoming.

I would imagine it depends on which area you move to. I think some neighbourhood in more uneducated and deprived areas look for scapegoats.

There is a BAME board on MN. You may get more replies on there.

My husband is Chinese and day to day it isn’t an issue for us, maybe a couple of times a year someone will make a stupid comment.
We live in a city in the south west so relatively low proportion of BAME people here compared to other parts of the country.
He does get picked almost every time for a “random” search at the airport though

Thanks CrazyKitKatLady, promising to hear that it's mostly just stupid comments and nothing more. Sorry to hear about airport experiences - that sounds very odd to me!