Do you feel safe in your country? (1 Viewer)

[Mangoey]

Im mostly making this thread with US residents in mind, but feel free to respond anyway if you're in a different country.

Despite everything that happened in 2020, I still felt pretty safe and at least deluded that things would go back to normal in 2021. But obviously, it didn't. The same things, if not worse things are still happening and with rising hate crime rates on POC and Asian people specifically, I feel more unsafe living here than ever.​

 

[Villains]

I don't feel safe here because of everything going on.

 

[SnowWhite]

Spoiler: TW?

I'm in the middle east and perhaps most people don't have an idea about the word "dangerous" until they live here for a while lol. Specially if you are a girl, be ready to get chased, stalked, catcalled etc ... on your way home. Not just once but multiple times per day. No I'm not being dramatic. Even dorms in which girls live don't let them go out after 9 pm. To get molested in the taxi isn't even something unusual.

 

[Mangoey]

Spoiler: TW?

I'm in the middle east and perhaps most people don't have an idea about the word "dangerous" until they live here for a while lol. Specially if you are a girl, be ready to get chased, stalked, catcalled etc ... on your way home. Not just once but multiple times per day. No I'm not being dramatic. Even dorms in which girls live don't let them go out after 9 pm. To get molested in the taxi isn't even something unusual.

That's... absolutely crazy

Spoiler: Related to the tw content

I'm guessing law enforcement doesn't care much about protecting women?

 

[lexus]

God no. America has gotten more screwed up over the years so it’s hard to feel safe anywhere

 

[Venomous]

I live in Minnesota, perhaps everyone has seen the news, so no, I don't feel safe. Not in the slightest.

 

[RandAlThor]

Depends.

For example my family was far far more concerned for me visiting Miami (brother and sister got an attempted armed car jacking on their honeymoon leaving a nice restaurant.) than south korea even when lil kim was trying to flex.

my city i feel mostly safe but no matter where i am i pay attention. Head up eyes scanning.

after last year i have written off the north (Montana might be fine go to glacier heck the bears are safer than the ppl.) and coasts of the us as a bad risk for at least another 5 years.

 

[dnb]

I live in Minnesota, perhaps everyone has seen the news, so no, I don't feel safe. Not in the slightest.

Is it just the police, or is racism a more general problem in Minnesota?

 

[Mew]

Ermm safe isn't something if ever thought about tbh... I guess I feel safe just because I know how to handle living where I live, despite it not being safe area... If that makes sense.
But as a country as a whole I know there's places in the country that arent as safe as they seem to be.
Alot people do live in a bubble... While others aren't as lucky.

 

[Venomous]

Is it just the police, or is racism a more general problem in Minnesota?

Racism is a huge problem here overall. As for the cops, I might be white, but even I don't feel safe. I've had a gun pointed at me during a traffic stop before, all because the owner of the vehicle I was driving had a warrant for failure to appear in a civil case. I can't even imagine what terror POC Minnesotans are forced to endure daily. They called in the National Guard the other night, which is ridiculous. These are people upset about a black man being killed for existing, we don't need more law enforcement presence and militarized policing in response, we need empathy, change, and accountability.