Cross culture hostility is increasing after post COVID-19

This is a sad post with no happy ending. It is however, a truth that people need to be aware of. <br><br>I have been watching increasing cross-culture hostilities in my country, after post COVID-19. <br><br>Firstly, I am an immigrant myself and I understand that immigrants have a harder time, their situation is even more precarious. <br><br>Secondly, OF COURSE, I am not talking about majority of people, just the incidents that I was a witness to. It is a crude generalization to say that all people are hostile, but the small minorities who are hostile are getting more loud, and that is what I would like to highlight here.<br><br>Thirdly, the people who are hostile are not just hostile to immigrants, but the most hostile to the local homeless people, who are the most vulnerable. <br><br>Here are some examples:<br><br>1. One of my old colleagues, who is a good person, have always been kind to me and never been hostile, wrote a long Facebook post about how immigrants (like me) should go back to their counties. His post got around 200 likes from his other friends, who are all tolerant people (or so I thought). I was hurt because this person was always so kind to me, and this attitude of hostility is increasing everywhere. <br><br>2. In my local village, there is a homeless person, who is very polite, very kind and very respectful. He is a begger, but he is not rude or hostile. One of the old ladies (who is rich and owns a house) saw him when he was buying something to eat for himself, and she was so angry and she wrote a very nasty FB post about how he bought snacks with her tax money (as he gets some money from the government), and how he is eating unhealthy snacks. She also mentioned his race. Of course, I was appalled and wrote to her. I wrote that the homeless people are not puppets, they deserve to be treated as human beings. And also I wrote something like "Yeah, he definitely deserves to starve". But her post got a lot of likes, and my comment got around 60 likes. I was very disappointed.<br><br>3. I am going to a local doctor to get my flu shot, and this doctor is very nice and he asked me how I don't speak any language from my country. He was very curious and genuinely interested. When it was my turn, I told him that my grandma, who passed away when I was only 5 years old, forbade my parents to teach me any language from my country, because she was afraid that I will suffer a lot in my own country. The doctor found this very interesting and asked a lot of questions about why my grandma thought that. I told him that my grandma wanted me to be free and not have to suffer. After this, he was very happy with my answer (he has a big smile on his face) and he told me that my grandma was very smart woman. I was very happy. But then (and I will never understand why), I go to the receptionist to pay, and she says to me very rudely "Can you speak English?!" I was appalled. I just talked to the doctor in fluent English, and this lady abruptly asks me in a very rude tone "Can you speak English?!" I was so sad. I told her yes, I can and I payed.<br><br>EDIT: I just want to add that the receptionist was not a bad person. I was going to this doctor for around 2 years. The receptionist was always nice and friendly to me. She was always asking me how I am doing, how my day was going, if everything is fine. She was genuinely concerned and interested. She treated me as her friend, and I was always so happy to talk with her. But that day, she was so harsh and cold to me. I had around 6 appointments with the doctor, and she was always nice to me, but that day she was so rude to me. It is very depressing when you witness attitudes like that. <br><br>It is very sad and exhausting, to see people that I trusted and who were always so kind to me, be so hostile. <br><br>There is a very famous Turkish phrase "The one who shows you hell, is the one who shows you heaven". What I mean is that the people who were kindest to you and who you thought were full of love, can actually be the people who hurt you the most.