Are u racist?

I would have to hear the whole story from both parties to come to the conclusion why a boy passed comment like you said he did. Are you sure you didn't do anything to provoke him?

I really don't think I am. I try not to judge people by where they are from or what they lookor sound like, only on their actions which affect me.

I'd hope that I don't judge people by where they come from, but I know that deep down I do. I have a colleague with a strong Herefordshire accent and find it difficult to take seriously highly technical matters being discussed in a country yokel accent. Then again, I'm a Scot and folk probably judge me on my accent.

There's also the matter of local culture getting swamped by incomers, especially when the culture of the incomers contradicts that of the country.

We all have a fear of others - it's in our genes. I do tense when I walk past a large group of coloured youths more than I would if they were not coloured. It would probably fade if I knew more of them, but at the moment it's an instinctive reaction so even though it shames me I can't stop it.

Finally there is the problem that this is a small island and parts of it are getting rather crowded and people are bound to react to any new waves of incomers arrive. In fact the break up of marriages and the increased lifespan of pensioners is as much behind the need for more and more houses as the arrival of immigrants, but its immigrants who are the most visible.

Your English is very good and better than some native speakers! I love being exposed to different languages, so maybe you'd consider listing a few Romanian phrases here, along with an approximate pronunciation?

I think everyone is prejudiced but only become racist when they cannot look at their prejudices rationally. I'm not perfect and don't always suceed, but I try not too.

Salokin, one need do nothing to provoke a racist, they lock into the most different looking/sounding person like a heat-seaking missile. When I was a teenager one of my neighbours was slashed across the face with a razor for growing dreadlocks which were "a bit black" by a gang of neonazis. As this was a very rural area I suppose they couln't find someone with a deep enough tan to attack instead.

Not liking it when a group make no effort to even token integrate with their surrounding does not make one a racist, but assuming that all foreigners will behave in this way is.

I think a lot of the current rising xneophobia is about people finding scapegoats for their current anxieties.

I am not racist. I do not like it when people come to this country to live and do not bother to learn our Language or our Culture though, and also they expect us to change our system to suit them. I know the English do this when they go abroad but this is unacceptable as well.

NO ENTIENDO NADA DE INGLES, LO UNICO QUE PUEDO DECIRTE ES QUE TE DOY MI VOTO UTI Y SALUDOS