https://www.reddit.com/r/racism/comments/1j1kz3a/victim_of_racism_in_prague/
created by Then-Potential-1991 on 02/03/2025 at 06:56 UTC
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My wife and me were a victim of racism at the municipal library of Prague. A lady started yelling racist abuses at my wife and me and said we do not belong there and need to be thrown out. A man started physically attacking me. He came and stamped me on my feet. When we went and complained to the librarian sitting on the desk, there was absolutely no response. We decided to leave. The guy who stamped me decided to follow us and started physically attacking me and my wife. He pulled out my wife’s cap and flung it on the road and was physically attacking us till a few people came to help us when he went away. This incident has completely spoilt our trip. Didn’t expect blatant racism in a place like Prague.
Just to also add - My friends and acquaintances visiting earlier have had good experiences and the reason for us choosing to visit this city. To us, the city has been really good to us apart from this one experience. Great Airbnb hosts, amazing tour guides, great visits to museums (the people at the house at the golden ring were the sweetest we have encountered at any museum), helpful people across metro stations and better than expected service in restaurants.
My incident is of course an exception but it happened. I decided to post it here to get some help to report it. I wanted to ensure if by some freak chance the person who physically assaulted was actually someone bad, they needed to be taken in by the police. I wouldn’t want any other tourist to the beautiful city to face this.
I also posted this for support and awareness in the r/Prague and it only got worse thanks to a few more people who made some downright xenophobic comments saying Czech culture is superior.
There's nothing here!