Just today I was walking down Market Street in Manchester and some yob was walking behind me growling to himself "All these fg Pi's" and stuff similar! So I slowed down so he could walk past me and I could take a good look at him, and what I saw made me think less of him than what he said..

Being white, the only time I encountered what might be classed as racism was in Rusholme when a couple of young asian guys started on me and my then housemate. Simply because we were white or not Muslim looking. But this was more likely a reaction to some pent up anger from other encounters they have had in the past... At the time my only concern was for my housemate who was still quite young and was in training to be a Mixed Martial Arts fighter, and more than willing to hand out an "attitude adjustment" to these two. I just wanted him out of there before he did do something stupid to get us both arrested...

But this yob I seen today did get me think. If I am walking through town and a similar yob gives similar abuse to Rizza when she is with me, how will I react? Hopefully, I will just move on and let the fool wallow in his self pity. But then again, it might be me trying to give my fellow mancunian a lesson in manners...