Yesterday I was walking to the post office with my mum and sister, when we passed a chavvy couple pushing a pram. The man then remarked that my mother was white, yet wearing a scarf on her head. He looked like a totally clueless idiot. He was like "she's white and wearing THAT, huuuuuuuuuuuh?"
What a twit! So my mum hit back at him with some comments, and I actually stuck my middle finger up at him! I just thought, what kind of example would I be setting if I just meekly walked past and accepted this stranger saying things about my mum? I had to show that I wasn't going to take it, otherwise this kind of behaviour just repeats itself wherever you go. I did think later on that perhaps I should have called the police. It was really a racist and anti-religion attack, but the police probably would have a took a year to get there, then probably it would end without a conviction! I have been attacked in public before, I reported the incident, and it ended with the two perpatrators just getting fined £50, none of which I received. I wonder what the police does with money they get stemming from an assault? It seems wrong to keep that money, when it could be given to the victim as a small gift of compensation. I would have been happy to get that, it was better than the nothing I actually got.
ALWAYS report a crime, no matter how insignificant it seems. We need to get the police working for us, that is their job after all, protecting the public? Even if it's just a racist comment on the street, let it become part of the statistics, even just so people can see how racist a particular area is. I can't wait until I get out of this disgusting town, it's my aim to leave this place someday inshallah. Failing that, I at least want a car so I don't have to walk the unsafe streets!Take a look at this article, it shows just how frightened some people are when it comes to reporting crime: Muslim Women Avoid Reporting Hate Crime
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