roy - // Call me old fashioned, Barmaid but if you are in need of refuge your race creed or colour shouldn't be a factor. //
Spoken like a white man who wouldn't understand the experience of racism if it jumped up and bit him.
Imagine Roy, if you were a woman living in a foreign country, maybe speaking another language, but certainly getting to grips with an alien culture.
And you were subjected to violent domestic abuse, and needed somewhere to turn?
Might you prefer to speak with people who understood your own language and culture and could give you a feeling of safety, community and understanding?
And might that be the place to which you would turn first?
I expect you not to respond politely, if at all, but I offer the chance to discuss if you wish to take it.