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kakjux) rakstīja,
@ 2016-06-24 10:09:00

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They got what they wanted. Kurās valstīs mūsdienās grib software testerus? Zināju jau, ka nevajag man to šejienes pilsonību.

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kakjux
2016-06-25 15:03 (saite)

Even if I might not agree, I can accept that there is more to it than just immigration issues and even if there aren't. And I don't think that all Brits are bad racist monsters, I accept that a lot of people have researched this and made up their minds carefully. And that I have to live with. But I don't like all the fear mongering and encouraging of racist and xenophobic behaviour (both issues happen on both sides, to be fair).

But deep inside, I do feel a bit hurt. And scared. And the uncertainty is just killing me. A friend of mine has her contract ending at the end of next week and she can't find a new job because nobody dares to hire EU people even if they have lived here for years (and I don't blame them, I wouldn't as well).

And I am scared that there is more and more support for nationalist views all around the world. It's fucking terrifying and I know there is nowhere to run from that. EU seemed to be the union that kept Europe at peace for all these years. Never has Europe been at peace in it's own territory for this long. So, yes, I don't know what else to do, but run back to EU (though Latvia is not an option for me).

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	brookings 2016-06-25 15:06 (saite)
	Quick question - do you consider yourself to be a member of the Latvian nation? (Atbildēt uz šo) (Iepriekšējais) (Diskusija)

	kakjux 2016-06-25 15:21 (saite)
	No. Actually I don't and I haven't for a very long time, even before I moved to London. I am and have been a Londonder for 9 years now. (Atbildēt uz šo) (Iepriekšējais) (Diskusija)

brookings
2016-06-25 15:28 (saite)

So... well, that was your choice, and I feel a little sad about it. You consider yourself a Londoner, but have no roots there. Don't take it the wrong way -I have been here in Latvia for 16 years, but I don't presume to call myself anything other than a Brit - that's where I was brought up - that's where my roots are. Sure, I have learned Latvian and integrated and I have two delightful daughters who are half British/half Latvian, and the experience here has dramatically coloured my understanding ... but I am British - it can never be washed away, and I wouldn't want it to be. After all, I chose to come here: another country.

This is where the rise in nationalism comes from - actually, it isn't really a 'rise' - more a rise in the significance of the question. It comes from having this certainty of your national identity threatened, diminished, traduced, or just forgotten in convenience.

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kakjux
2016-06-25 16:02 (saite)

I think it's very personal, our identity. I think I never identified particularly as Latvian, I don't feel I have roots there. probably comes from me being disconnected with my family. I more appreciate all the life I have made for myself here. I started with very little and bit by bit built on it. with help, sometimes without, but I did it. and I am thankful to London for being here, for taking me in, a completely lost, well, a child really, and letting me develop and turn into this person who finally had something to be proud of. and yesterday morning on the tube, I felt that this is being taken away from me and I got really angry.

but I appreciate that other people's identities are different and I respect, or at least try to respect that. just please don't take away who I am from me.

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	brookings 2016-06-25 16:06 (saite)
	I don't know - to me if you were born and raised in a certain country, you are from that country and your a product of/answer to its language, culture and experience. I might want to be a Latvian - I might insist that people refer to me as such, but really... I never will be one. (Atbildēt uz šo) (Iepriekšējais)

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