New year. New resolutions. And all that. Yes, well I am attempting to be upbeat on a day when I am feeling decidedly down.
Why? Why indeed? Because of the state of this wonderful nation of ours. Modern Britain. Not sure how modern Britain really is. This sad story of the Indian student killed in Lancaster and the Guardian paper's article about the police response alongside Nick Clegg's speech about the financial obstacles placed in people of ethnic minority's way and this famous incident on a tram coupled with some of my own experiences particularly over the last 5 years really make me question just how modern Britain is.
Despite being British and living in the UK for well over twenty years, being exceptionally well qualified and hard working, I find myself constantly amazed at the difficulties I face, the obstacles which appear or are perhaps placed in my way seemingly by others or perhaps by a system that does not want me or others like me to succeed. Or at least it seems that way. Maybe the universe is against me!
I have sadly come to the conclusion given recent media hype that despite appearances, some people seem to hold the most backward views and inherent prejudices which inform their actions- knowingly or otherwise, and other apparently innocent individuals are complicit in this because of their inactions and unwillingness to speak up.
Despite this you will be glad to hear that I have tidied most of my study and am in the process of reorganising my shelves. My small successes!
Why? Why indeed? Because of the state of this wonderful nation of ours. Modern Britain. Not sure how modern Britain really is. This sad story of the Indian student killed in Lancaster and the Guardian paper's article about the police response alongside Nick Clegg's speech about the financial obstacles placed in people of ethnic minority's way and this famous incident on a tram coupled with some of my own experiences particularly over the last 5 years really make me question just how modern Britain is.
Despite being British and living in the UK for well over twenty years, being exceptionally well qualified and hard working, I find myself constantly amazed at the difficulties I face, the obstacles which appear or are perhaps placed in my way seemingly by others or perhaps by a system that does not want me or others like me to succeed. Or at least it seems that way. Maybe the universe is against me!
I have sadly come to the conclusion given recent media hype that despite appearances, some people seem to hold the most backward views and inherent prejudices which inform their actions- knowingly or otherwise, and other apparently innocent individuals are complicit in this because of their inactions and unwillingness to speak up.
Despite this you will be glad to hear that I have tidied most of my study and am in the process of reorganising my shelves. My small successes!
