{"id":153457,"date":"2019-12-15T11:39:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T11:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=153457"},"modified":"2019-12-15T11:39:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T11:39:27","slug":"is-britain-racist-and-xenophobic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/12\/15\/is-britain-racist-and-xenophobic\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Britain Racist and Xenophobic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is as much about how people feel as what&#8217;s actually happening.<br \/>\nIf you do read this go through the comments and read one in particular.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really get where you&#8217;re coming from. Ever since the referendum I&#8217;ve felt a slight unease when out and about. Case point : The morning immediately after the Brexit vote I was waiting at a bus stop when a van drove past and shouted &#8216;Brexit&#8217; at me. Said van turned around and pulled over across the road whilst it&#8217;s three occupants stared at me for a good few minutes. They then drove right up to the bus stop and waited, for a few minutes no doubt waiting for a reaction. I felt at any moment they were going to jump out and beat me to a pulp Eventually they drove off. Neil, your paranoia is sadly justified&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdiana.stone1%2Fposts%2F10156639499356129&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is as much about how people feel as what&#8217;s actually happening. If you do read this go through the comments and read one in particular. &#8220;I really get where you&#8217;re coming from. Ever since the referendum I&#8217;ve felt a slight unease when out and about. Case point : The morning immediately after the Brexit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/12\/15\/is-britain-racist-and-xenophobic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is Britain Racist and Xenophobic?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-DV7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133807,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/12\/23\/brexit-what-you-need-to-know\/","url_meta":{"origin":153457,"position":0},"title":"Brexit &#8211; what you need to know","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"You may want to check out this website. 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