I live in Melbourne now
How?
I used to love it here - but now I fear that it is going to change me.
I used to love myself, but now I hate being me
I hate walking out and being the only black person I see
I hate the racial stares and the comments I hear
A lazy white woman's friend said to her - you need your own little black slave to get it for you. Hahahhaaha they all laughed, my little black slave she said. I walked passed them but the laughter didn't stop. No aknowledgment of the offence caused. I felt drained for the rest of the day. No food tasted good - nothing made me laugh. Just felt drained and wished I was someone else...or better, somewhere else.
I live in Melbourne now - who even thought that was a good idea?!
wow that's deep...sorry you had to experience that. As they say, ignorance is 10 times worse in Australia than Britain...
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ReplyDeleteI agree that it is sad you had to experience their racist attitude in this day and age. I am black too and I studied in Melbourne for 2 years in the early 1990s and experienced the stares, comments, as well as bus, tram and even church seat avoidance...the majority of people were not willing to sit next to a black person. But I believe we all have as much right as the next person to be on this earth. So hold your head high, you are strong; a thousand times stronger than their ignorant attitude!
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