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Oversimplification; maybe. But you can't deny that.
I have no inclination to leave London, I just love it too much but if I do get tired of it at some point, I won't have the choice to move out to the sticks.
And even if I was white; frankly; I'd chose to die with my lungs filled with PM2.5 than live in little britain. Its sad that the choice is between those two things.
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Given the hostility I’ve (basic white person) experienced in parts of the UK I understand that view but all I can say is it’s not all like that!
Edit: oh sneaky edit! I don’t think it is a binary choice, there are plenty of non-sticks places that aren’t London, from the other cities down to medium-sized towns. Although if you still love London, no-where else will do.
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I have no inclination to leave London, I just love it too much but if I do get tired of it at some point, I won't have the choice to move out to the sticks.
why, because you're not white? bullshit.
don't want, and can't are different things.remember that there are visibly non-white people who have grown up in "the sticks" and many more who have grown up in provincial towns, surrounded by white faces and have real lives - and yes some of it is fucking weird (especially looking back) but it's also a version of normal.
Dramatic_Hammer
hoefla
Yes I don’t want to imply they are comparable, especially not having that lived experience but I do question the ‘lone’ part and the idea that outside London, England is entirely ethnically non-diverse.
I think my point is that this is one (albeit large) of a number of factors to weigh up and to say that leaving London is ‘white’ privilege when areas could vary from being unpleasant for anyone (of any colour) with a different accent, to being extremely multi-cultural and accepting is to simplify things too far.