Nowadays racism is a marginal occurrence - says a white, privileged man from Poland, who has never and will never experience racism first-hand, because he lives in a country where one can rarely come across openly racist happenings - for the sole reason that Poland is in no way a multicultural country, especially not when compared to other countries across Europe or the USA. Not to mention Poland doesn't have a hundreds years long history of slavery and oppressing people solely because of the colour of their skin as we had our own problems during the time the United States of America were becoming a thing - such as for example not fucking existing as a free country for more than a century but nevermind.
I am saddened, I am furious, I am ashamed, I am disgusted with the things I have read during the last few days on the Polish side of social media. It is impossible for me to think that some people simply lack the idk empathy? basic human decency? to maybe just try to poke their heads out of their white-and-red clad asses and understand what is happening outside. What is happening to people who weren't lucky enough to be born a white, heterosexual, rightist man in a white, heterosexual, rightist country.
I feel like crying and screaming out of helplessness. Every day I hate my country more and more, every day I am more ashamed to be Polish. And that is fucking tragic, because I love Poland. Deep down I love it immensely because it's supposed to be home. I love our history, I love our culture, I love our artists and scientists so much. I want to be proud of it all but I can't. Because when I step out of the circle of my friends, and see how an average young person in Poland thinks and operates - I just see no future here and no hope.
