About a fortnight ago, a friend asked me how I felt about the rising torrent of racism and intolerance that has engulfed the UK in recent weeks. The answer is complicated. We have all seen a renewed obsession with St. George's Cross, plastered across buildings, roads and houses across the country. Culminating in 'Unite the Kingdom', the largest far-right gathering in London, consisting of almost 150,000 people , flag-bearing has once again reignited the perennial immigration conversation. "Scary, isn't it?", my friend asked. Indeed, lots has happened in the two weeks since to reinforce that feeling for anyone of colour in the UK. Yet, with an air of inevitable cynicism, I disagreed. "To be scared evokes a feeling of surprise, shock and anger. It's hard to feel that when it's been so the path has been built long before this month." Racism is entrenched within this country, and it's not just from the working-class. It's not just from t...