Feeling sad

Emma (Saima) • Muslim convert, happily married wife, mama of two, environmental scientist and bookworm.

No real purpose to this post - I just need to get this out.

So my husband is a taxi driver at the moment and last night he was racially abused by a passenger while he was driving. He had to call the police and they are handling it as a hate crime. This isn't the first incident and it is unlikely to be the last he will face, but this time it has really hit him hard. He came home so upset because it made him realise that our son is going to face the same prejudice as he grows up. My heart is breaking for him and it's obviously got me more worried about the future as well. I'm British born and bred, I love this green and beautiful land, but I'm becoming increasingly disappointed by the people living in it. I know it's only a minority who are like this, but it's the minority which are in your face, making your life a misery. It's a sad day when you have to admit that staying in your own native country is going to be an impossibility in the long term. We will inevitably go in search of an accepting place to raise our son. Where will all this hatred end?