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A UK Green MEP was asked to leave the EU parliament on his first day, because he was mistaken for a tourist.

He was wearing a T Shirt and a baseball cap. He was also black.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-s ... e-48840428

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He added: "I make people feel uncomfortable, people don't know how to react."

In a tweet, he said: "I know I'm visibly different. I don't have the privilege to hide my identity. I'm BLACK & my name is Magid.

"I don't intend to try fit in. Get used to it!"

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First of all, his name is completely irrelevent. Nobody would see it anyway. Secondly, somebody thought he was a tourist because he looked like a tourist, not because he was black.

Condemned by his own words I think.

It is usually a rare occasion that I agree with HIC but I agree entirely with HIC sentiments on this occasion. If I was to turn up dressed in some gangsta style baggy jeans round my knees, a hoodie, pair of obnoxious trainers an unkempt beard and dark sunglasses I am pretty sure my employers would 1) not let me near an aircraft, 2) have me drug & alcohol tested, 3) fine me, 4) given me a verbal warning. I was always taught you dress accordingly for work unless you are required to wear a uniform.

POLITICO.EU Magid Magid
“What’s disappointed me in my first two weeks in Brussels”
A freshman MEP from the British Green Party on what’s wrong with the EU capital.
By Magid Magid
7/12/19, 4:02 AM CET
“In my first two weeks as a member of the European Parliament, I've stumbled into a baffling realization.
Next to nobody in Brussels has any clue what the European Union truly stands for — beyond a flag and an anthem — and more crucially, where it is heading. And that includes the EU leaders and senior officials soullessly waddling through the corridors of power.
When I arrived in the EU capital, I expected to find it brimming with activity and potential answers to these questions.
Instead, I felt duped: Making a tangible impact on constituents’ lives is apparently not what being an MEP is all about. (Oh, and Belgian hot chocolate is a distinct disappointment.)
When I look at my daily to-do list, I feel as though I’ve left the shores of the real life and stepped into a maze of bureaucracy, needless technicalities and political performance”.
https://www.politico.eu/article/magid-m ... -brussels/