Jonathan Freedland’s thoughtful article resonates with my thoughts and experience (Society exposes us all to anti-Jewish tropes and attitudes. The first step is to notice them, 5 May), both in terms of recognising how I have absorbed negative cultural tropes of other groups and communities, and also in how they impact me personally.
Coming from a Romany Traveller background, I am often reminded by people’s casual remarks and statements that negative attitudes towards Gypsies and Travellers are part of British (European?) culture. There is an assumption that I will accept and agree with those views because I don’t appear “different”.
