Intercultural relations

There was one incident that I'll never forget. It happened to me when I was up in Melbourne, in my first six months here. I was at the South Yarra train station. I was standing next to this woman, and she turned round to me and started abusing me. ‘Why don't you just go back where you came from? We don't want you here!’ It really took me aback. It was the last thing I expected … I was blind. I was walking into town … I just carried on walking. It was so embarrassing. Ever since that, I've been more conscious about being different, about my colour, my nationality.~ female, 22, business, Zimbabwe