Out of Heathrow
Cultural Shock Tales
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Then I asked him about the role of the royal family in the English democracy and he told me, “Most national decisions are still left to the royal family for example, whether the country is to go to war or not, and added that Tony Blair went against the royal house on the Iraq war, and I think the class society should be dealt away with anyhow”. I detested this, and reminded him that without the aggressive external policies of the royal house and incentives for good citizenship such as knighthood Britain would not be where it is today and because of that, I highly respect the royal house and hope it is not totally alienated from English democracy.
I found it so strange that such a thing as racial preference in picking a sexual partner existed but I could vaguely understand why. I remember back home mum asking what difference was in all the girls I carried home from the club. To be honest, today I had the answer to that.
The welfare system has obviously only maintained people in the places they belong, honestly speaking, my English neighbor was born in a poor family, never went to school, worked as a cleaner his whole life, married a cleaner and now he is sick of cancer and gets less than 180 quid a month. Consequently, his 3 daughters are trapped with him and all are trying to support but how much can they do in such a competitive world. He lamented saying, “You work your whole life and they take away your money claiming it will help you in old age but here we’re dying like flies and the company too doesn’t recognize me anymore”. He surely feels cheated in life and wishes things where different.
When the song ended, it was like we both had come out of a coma, because we were so confused and speechless, we just stood there looking at one another helplessly. Then she said, “Well, I have to go”, coming from a woman I thought, I knew what she was driving at until she said, let me fetch my friends first. I sobered up and it struck me that she was probably 50 something, I thought no, not my mums’ senior at least. She came back with her friends and asked if I wanted to tag along but I declined simply because in my society she was as good as my grandma.
The English have probably achieved the most in addressing racism over the years but with increased immigration from different sources including students, job seekers and asylum seekers there is little scope for integration as they envisage. Clearly the pressures on social amenities including schools, hospitals and housing squeezes their government into trying to protect the interest of their people but on a more serious note such action provokes migrants sentiments with the we all pay tax argument, then the races start finding faults in one another because they all feel the other is creating a limited space. This fuels stereotyping which is probably the new substitute to racism as individuals behaviors are tied to those of a particular race.
After posing for a while, he started again, “Anyway, I cannot do such a thing but the extremist do it”.
Now, that was my boy, a liberal new generation Moslem starting to calm down. Then he played some Koran recitations on CD and claimed the sound of cries always calms him down when he is hurt as he reflects on the suffering of other people and come to terms with the fact life is hard and we have to be strong. At this point he sounded like a revolutionist and shortly declared a mini version of the refatwa on Marvin.
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Out of Heathrow looks at the dynamics of life in the United Kingdom. It touches on several issues from immigration, work, politics, sex, education, racism and stereo types, army life, the welfare system to general social life and the class society. It further provides you with hints for living safely in this multiracial environment and MBA hints if you're considering taking it. This wonderful book sums up with life in basic training for all those thinking of signing up with the army and what you should expect as their parent. If you thought cultural shocks were funny then you must read this.
About the Author
As an author, this is my first work but I have done alot of writing before although publishing had never crossed my mind. However with this book I have learnt to appreciate writing as an art of expression and you should be seeing alot more of me, hoping you enjoy this one.
As an individual, well that's my own tale to tell but reading this book should give you what you want to know.