The news that Donald Trump was triumphant at the recently held elections in the USA found me whilst I was having lunch with a group of friends who were in support of him. They are all Russians and they fancied the possibility of a renewed friendship between the two countries.
Beneath my silenced tongue and forced smile, I was filled with rage. My initial reaction to the news was an immediate feeling that racism had developed into something that will now be socially acceptable and will soon prove itself even more difficult to fight.
It felt as if someone had spat in my face, while everyone just looked on and cheered. Weird,
