Jamaican Woman Forced into Homelessness After Racist Attacks
A Jamaican woman living in Northern Ireland has been forced into homelessness following racist attacks.
Kerry Ann Brown’s home located in Newtownabbey was vandalized twice within a one year period.
Brown who has three children is currently pregnant.
During a BBC Radio programme she said she has been living in a Salvation Army hostel since January.
“From being independent then going into a hostel makes you feel you’re sort of isolated,” she said.
“You’re coming from a home, having experienced something traumatic, especially with kids, to nothing.”
Ms Brown also believes her family is being stereotyped because of ethnicity.
“Being an outsider coming into Northern Ireland, people have the wrong impression of ethnic minorities, because the impression that they have is that we come here to take jobs and claim benefits,” she said.
“People stereotype ethnic minorities feeling that they’re scroungers, which they’re not.”
Source: BBC
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