White (Other): Anti-Eastern European prejudice

The Guilty Feminist

The Spontaneity Shop

Comedy, Feminism

4.8 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Media Storm’s latest investigation looks at a new, post-Brexit era of exploitation targeting Central and Eastern Europeans in the UK. Today’s bonus episode looks at the attitudes behind this exploitation, and asks why a workforce who have proven invaluable were dismissed as undesirable “low-skilled” workers.

Is it just a question of economics, or is it a question of prejudice?

This bonus episode from The Guilty Feminist and Media Storm looks at the role of pop culture, class, geopolitics and history in shaping misconceptions and creating simplistic stereotypes of diverse cultural identities.

The episode is hosted by Mathilda Mallinson (@mathildamall) and Helena Wadia (@helenawadia).

Guests

Alex Bulat @alexandrabulat
Kasia Tee @KasiaTee @cursedobjectsuk
Dr Dagmar Myslinska @DagmarMyslinska
Marzena Zukowska and Magda Fabianczyk @polishmigrants
Jelena Sofronijevic @jelsofron
Eliza Meller

Sources

Hate crime stats http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/racism-hate-crimes-increase-brexit-eu-referendum-a7113091.html

Production

Researcher: Eliza Meller

Media Storm music: Samfire @soundofsamfire

The Guilty Feminist theme: Mark Hodge, Nick Sheldon

Chopin played by: Anait Karpova

Transcript

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by crisis,
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0:05.2	Homelessness can be overwhelming.
0:07.2	Sometimes the more we see homelessness,
0:09.1	the more we want to look away.
0:11.0	But ignoring the problem won't make it go away.
0:13.8	Homelessness has reached urgent levels.
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0:17.7	are struggling this Christmas,
0:19.0	and 300,000 households in the UK
0:21.8	could be forced out of their homes next year.
0:25.2	So the guilty feminist,
0:26.7	along with homelessness charity crisis,
0:29.1	is asking you to help by starting a conversation today.
0:33.6	We want people to talk about it,
0:35.2	to care about it, to act.
0:37.1	Only by engaging with the issue
0:38.6	can we put it on the national agenda and make a change.
0:41.6	Together, we can make homelessness impossible to ignore.
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0:54.0	I don't know if you've noticed,
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