Councillor says minority ethnic families are living in state of near-siege by racist neighboursAyaan Bulale never took Nigel Farage’s failed attempt to become her local MP seriously – attributing it to the “naivety of my London bubble” – but her reaction was one of sheer horror when Ukip won control of Thanet District council days after she and her family had moved to Margate.The four and a half years since they began a new life on the Kent coast have been marked by frequent encounters with racism – most seriously in a violent assault on her then 14-year-old daughter but also including persistent prejudice. Continue reading…
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