Uk desis who moved here after studying in South Asia, what’s been your experience esp with racism, favoritism etc? Could it be worse than say rest of Europe?

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I moved here from Asia so I guess I can answer this.

I'd say I haven't really experienced any racism as such but in my previous company we had a team of 3 (including the manager - who was white) and she loved my coworker (white) and was obviously playing favorites which is fine on it own but once it started limiting my career opportunities, I knew I had to bounce and I did.

My coworker was a great dude and helped me settle in fine at the company so I wish him nothing but the best.

I'd say the UK is incredibly welcoming, generally speaking. I traveled to Europe and you can tell that people are very arrogant especially in places like France to "outsiders" (regardless of your skin color). Never faced any such issue in the UK. Love it here.

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Not faced it at all

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