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Growing up as a Traveller in a world that saw us as scum was hard. Neighbours called me "P*key" "G*ppo" and more. They would gang up and attack us when we were alone. We grew up fighting racism everyday. So we grew thick skins to deal with it all. I had no friends as a child
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Because when we moved to an estate the other kids were told not to speak to us. The parents were the cause of our unhappiness, because they saw us as different. The kids were taught to dislike us, so in turn tried to bully us. We need things to change for the next generation
Because I don't want my children growing up in a world that hates them, just because they are from a different community. I had to. They don't. Please donate to help make that change. Please believe me when I say, we need to #StopTravellerHate crowdfunder.co.uk/stoptravellerh…

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