British man recounts shocking encounter with racist Russians in Phuket

[Nick Carter icp]

11 minutes ago, norfolkandchance said:

That one went over your head again then.

It did, could you explain ?

[PJ71]

3 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

You've obviously never been a victim of racial abuse which is abhorrent on every level.

Racists are nothing but vile scum.

 

I'm discriminated against every day here.

 

I've also been discriminated against in other countries, so yes, i know what it' like thanks.

[somewhereINchiangmai]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

A British man recounted an unsettling encounter with some racist Russians in Phuket, southern Thailand. His unfortunate experience has led him to declare that he will never return to the island.

 

The British man, who shared his story on the Reddit platform under the username Wanderlust3r0, started his narrative by stating he is a black British man with a Thai wife.

 

“I have been coming to Thailand for the last ten years and this is the first time I have experienced racism, not from my Thais but from Russians in Phuket.”

The British man explained that Phuket is his wife’s home province. He met his wife in 2016 and visited her from time to time until February 2020, when she moved to live with him in the UK. Over these years, he had never experienced racial discrimination in Phuket until a visit this year.

The British man said he and his wife arrived in Phuket in mid-September and stayed near Karon and Kata beaches. He felt discriminated against on several occasions when using the services of various restaurants and later discovered that the discrimination was not from locals but from Russians who now own many businesses in the province.

 

by Petch Petpailin

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Actually, I wonder if the British man is 100% sure that the Russian man called him a ni**er or if the word was “negr”, which is the word used in many Slavic languages to describe and refer to black people. In Russian the word “negr” does not have the same negative connotation as the word ni**er has in English. In my experiences, most Russian tourists are not at all fluent in English, and hence it’s likely the word used was in fact “negr”. One could also

imagine that people often tend to hear what they want to hear. I also doubt that an average British guy has any Russian language skills to be able to understand a subtle difference of this kind…

 

 

 

[bignok]

1 hour ago, DonniePeverley said:

 Racism should be highlighted, and kicked out. Not brushed under the carpet and told to move on. 

. Racism is never going to stop.

[smedly]

Russian general attitude and manners are serverely lacking in my experience, they have a feeling of greatness and superiority which is misguided especially now since they are getting their ass handed to them in Ukraine and it is being exposed on the world stage - how embarrassing,

 

They are now starting to realise they are not so great and in fact are nothing at all, they made a huge error invading Ukraine and are paying the embarrassing price - humiliation, a hard pill to swallow

[Hakuna Matata]

4 hours ago, PJ71 said:

and.....

A total BS

[Middle Aged Grouch]

One often hears farangs in bars, pubs or girl clubs in Bangkok or Hua HIn, mouthing disgusting things against other foreigners or speaking ill of people with different skin colour.

 

But the funniest bit is that these racist farangs are mainly uncomfortable with themselves in the fact they never made it in their home country and the fact that they feel sort of embarassed secretly as they usually have thai gf's/wives.

[transam]

4 minutes ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

One often hears farangs in bars, pubs or girl clubs in Bangkok or Hua HIn, mouthing disgusting things against other foreigners or speaking ill of people with different skin colour.

 

But the funniest bit is that these racist farangs are mainly uncomfortable with themselves in the fact they never made it in their home country and the fact that they feel sort of embarassed secretly as they usually have thai gf's/wives.

Well, stop mixing with them, have drink at a respectable place, there must be one near you (or perhaps not).....????

As for you knowing how folk feel, I think you are talking rollox.....

[steven100]

4 hours ago, norfolkandchance said:

I don't like Rap either.

+1   .....   he should go back to Brixton

[steven100]

1 hour ago, PJ71 said:

I'm discriminated against every day here.

 

I've also been discriminated against in other countries, so yes, i know what it' like thanks.

good for you

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

+1   .....   he should go back to Brixton

Where does it say that he was from Brixton ?

Or is this another joke that I missed ?

[BritManToo]

3 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

You need to read the whole story , rather than just reading the headlines , to understand the story 

i read the whole story.

Brit guy made a fuss wanting 'his music' and got called a name.

No big deal IMHO, it's not like anyone called him a 'Farang'.

Edited October 3, 2023 by BritManToo

[transam]

8 minutes ago, steven100 said:

+1   .....   he should go back to Brixton

As I am a Londoner, your comment does smack of racism, chap.................????

[BritManToo]

26 minutes ago, Middle Aged Grouch said:

But the funniest bit is that these racist farangs are mainly uncomfortable with themselves in the fact they never made it in their home country and the fact that they feel sort of embarassed secretly as they usually have thai gf's/wives.

From your post I gather you're an anti-white racist!

[steven100]

1 minute ago, transam said:

As I am a Londoner, your comment does smack of racism, chap.................????

oh sorry then ... so I should just say London ????

[transam]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

oh sorry then ... so I should just say London ????

Perhaps just be quiet when a coloured chap is involved, eh...????

[Ralf001]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

 

A British man recounted an unsettling encounter with some racist Russians in Phuket, southern Thailand. His unfortunate experience has led him to declare that he will never return to the island.

 

The British man, who shared his story on the Reddit platform under the username Wanderlust3r0, started his narrative by stating he is a black British man with a Thai wife.

 

“I have been coming to Thailand for the last ten years and this is the first time I have experienced racism, not from my Thais but from Russians in Phuket.”

The British man explained that Phuket is his wife’s home province. He met his wife in 2016 and visited her from time to time until February 2020, when she moved to live with him in the UK. Over these years, he had never experienced racial discrimination in Phuket until a visit this year.

The British man said he and his wife arrived in Phuket in mid-September and stayed near Karon and Kata beaches. He felt discriminated against on several occasions when using the services of various restaurants and later discovered that the discrimination was not from locals but from Russians who now own many businesses in the province.

 

by Petch Petpailin

Photo by Alexander Kaufmann via Unsplash and Facebook/ Kata Printing.

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-10-03

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

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Was the soapdodger drunk and giving it large ?

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, Ralf001 said:

Was the soapdodger drunk and giving it large ?

soapdodger? 

[transam]

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

soapdodger? 

Think Ralphy is on the wrong thread............????

[Nick Carter icp]

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

i read the whole story.

Brit guy made a fuss wanting 'his music' and got called a name.

No big deal IMHO, it's not like anyone called him a 'Farang'.

You need to read the full thread and replies  , I replied to a poster who claimed that it wasn't racist because Brits and Russians are the same race and I suggested that he read about what happened 

[bignok]

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

soapdodger? 

Nickname for Brits

[steven100]

9 minutes ago, transam said:

Perhaps just be quiet when a coloured chap is involved, eh...????

so he's exaggerated the situation as a shocking encounter because they didn't want to hear his sh_t music ...

Go back to Brixton I say .....   ????

have a whinge and get some publicity ....   

why make a big deal out of something as trivial as that ....    Lol

 

 

Edited October 3, 2023 by steven100

[transam]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Nickname for Brits

You would know, sweety.....................????

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, bignok said:

Nickname for Brits

I'll wait for him to tell me his version of the meaning

[Ralf001]

 

9 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I'll wait for him to tell me his version of the meaning

Nickname for Brits.

 

Ironic given the name originated from the UK.

Edited October 3, 2023 by Ralf001

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Nickname for Brits.

By whom? An Aussie who is descendent from a Brit?

[transam]

4 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Nickname for Brits.

Another sweety that would know, is it from your ....????.........club..?  ????

[MangoKorat]

5 hours ago, bignok said:

So go elsewhere no Russians

He shouldn't need to. There is no place for racism anywhere, in any country.

[Nick Carter icp]

16 minutes ago, steven100 said:

so he's exaggerated the situation as a shocking encounter because they didn't want to hear his sh_t music ...

Go back to Brixton I say .....   ????

have a whinge and get some publicity ....   

why make a big deal out of something as trivial as that ....    Lol

 

 

Why not pop down to Phuket and tell him yourself to go back to Brixton ?

    If you also went back to where you came from , you could both be on the same flight back home ?

[Ralf001]

6 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

By whom? An Aussie who is descendent from a Brit?

 

3 minutes ago, transam said:

Another sweety that would know, is it from your ....????.........club..?  ????