On a recent trip, I suffered a particularly high level of abuse from a small number of hateful cabin crew about my skin colour.
On a nice sunny day out I was subject to a barrage of persistent abuse, quips and jokes at my expense because I am 'too' white.
Being white you may find this strange. Well not at all. It seems that because I do not conform to the 'normal' and 'perfect tan' crew member look, and because I can't get a bronze tan I was open to some very insulting abuse.
My skin colour is of course something that I cannot change, and find it incredible that is seems 'ok' to hurl insults about my skin colour, when they wouldn't do it if I were black, or Asian, as that would be deemed as unacceptable/taboo in this day and age.
I know how the black civil rights movement changed people’s views of racial abuse, but why are people who cannot get a 'normal' tan subject to the same sort of abuse, and have to suffer in silence.
I bet a black or Asian person at work subject to the same abuse as I have put up with about their skin colour would be filing law suits against these ignorant people for racial abuse! But it's ok if the person is white..
Thoughts/discuss...