immigrant conversation while drinking coffee

As an immigrant in this country most of the time you don’t understand natives. You don’t get their way of thinking, their likes, dislikes etc. the only thing you understand is the racism. You can easily understand why they are racist (on different levels).  Racism I talk about here is nothing to do with race or color. Its what I call immigrant racism which is not very serious considering right wing head shoppers.

I take it lightly cause I believe its normal. Coming here from somewhere else and judging the way natives live and hating them for it is also an another form of immigration-related racism.  Just to give a little example to explain what I am talking bout here.

I was sitting in one of them dodgy café in East London and watching the life past by when my friend sitting next to me decide to share whats going on in his little brain.

-       these people are stupid man.

-       What people?

-       These runners. They run all the time.

-       Errrmm.. maybe they want to have and maintain healthy life?

-       What healty life. Running is no good. You wouldn’t buy a car with high mileage do ya?

So I have to give you little insight about us here. We compare everything with cars or mobile phones. My friend here things running is adding mileage to your legs, hearts or whatever which is debatable actually. But the problem here is that runners being stupid cause they do something we don’t so its totally stupid. Right..

Having realized this I try to hit him on different angle.

-doctors say running is good for your heart.

-of course, they say that cause they get paid by footwear and sportswear companies.

Ok. Let me explain another thing here bout immigrants. They are the strong believers for conspiracy theories. %100 of this idea heard in one of them smoky social clubs where they sit all day and get knowledge from one of the most  creative and imaginative people in the room, they come out and share their wisdom and be very confident about the idea they are defending. I carried on with the conversation so I can reach the light of wisdom.

-what do you mean by that?

-you see my friend, these companies like Nike pay money to doctors to say running is healthy so people buy trainers run.

-hmmmm..Nike does that?

-yes. Cause they are Jewish innit.

Here we go. Another confident statement. For some reason which I never understand immigrants don’t like jews and blame them for everything bad. Even people from Israel who move to London don’t like jews.. in fact its more like love and hate relationship. In the end, Jewish people always get praise.

-Jewish people smart. They know business. (yay.. praise.)

before I end this informative conversation with my friends and start enjoying my coffee again. I asked him,

-you are wearing trainers with your tracksuit bottoms as usual.. but you don’t run. How that works out for your jew\doctor\nike conspiracy.

-mines are stolen innit. So I don’t pay Nike but my counterfeit brothers.

I asked him where he was going from here..

-I am gonna go see the GP. He says my heart don’t beat right. Told him I am a MC, I rule the beats innit. Ha ha..

so long my 31 year old friend.. I say you better start running soon..