“Too many immigrants these days.” I study his face carefully for any micro-expressions that might indicate this is just a misguided joke. I don’t know what to say, so I say nothing, which turns out to be a mistake, as he takes that as a signal to carry on. “It used to be quite a nice area until about five years ago,” he says. “But they began to settle a lot of refugees in the housing estate around the corner, and it all went downhill after that.” “That sounds a little, um, racist, Josh,” I say. “No, it’s not like that,” he says, putting his club down. “I’m not saying they’re bad people. We’ve
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