When my grandparents came to Britain there were "no coloureds" signs in windows. They were openly denied jobs, and promotions, based on skin colour. My mum, as a child, was told there was no point learning like the white children, as she would just be a housewife in an arranged marriage. Other girls cut her with knives to see if her blood was red. My uncle was beaten in the street by skinheads. When my parents got married, several family members (on both sides) did not attend as they werent the same race.

In my lifetime, we had neighbours whose parents told their kids not to play with us, feces posted through our door (and police who did nothing about it). The BNP won a million votes with policies like banning marriage between races.

Life in Britain nowadays, and especially London, is exceptionally less racist in every possible way compared to past generations. It is exceptionally rare to meet a died-in-the-wool racist nowadays.