Yeah when I went outside of London to the outer parts of England I was like wow.
I felt like such an outsider. Didn't really feel "safe". I never felt that way before because I mean I grew up in the hood and I live in the most diverse city in America.
I'm amazed you did it, but that's all you knew so you probably didn't really "feel" it.
But it wasn't fun feeling that way. Being the only person of color on a block or the only two POC (myself and a friend) in a restaurant, etc.
It creeped me the fuck out.
Doesn't help that British people are like WHITE WHITE.
Icy blue eyes,blond hair. They're not even the softer/more exotic looking white you'd get in Spain or something.
Felt like I was in the middle of a fucking civil rights movie - at the point where segregation had just ended.