How this Punjabi girl from Scotland shut post-Brexit racists in 16 tweets

Her tweets went viral especially after JK Rowling retweeted each one of them.

$Menissa S is a Punjabi Scot living in London and she has a message for all the '#postrefracists'$ Menissa S is a Punjabi Scot living in London and she has a message for all the ‘#postrefracists’

It was irony of the biggest kind when people across Britain frantically googled ‘What is EU?’ hours after the referendum. One of the fallouts of the vote was the increase in racism and racist comments.

Responding to Brexit as well as the flying barrage of comments targeted at UK immigrants, Twitter user Menissa S posted a series of messages for all those who voted to leave European Union. One of the reasons people wanted to leave EU was because they held immigrants living in the Britain to have had an impact on UK economy and British people after the 2008 financial crisis.

Menissa, a Punjabi Scot living in London wrote, in 16 tweets, how they (immigrants) have and continue to contribute to the British economy. She also explained how Punjabis contributed to the making of Britain post-1947. “And now some of you #leave voters with your #postrefracism are telling *me* to go home? How dare you. I AM HOME,” she tweeted.

Her tweets went viral especially after JK Rowling retweeted each one of them.

1. A word to *some* #leave voters: this is for the racists shouting naff 1970s abuse at us on the streets #postrefracism

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

2. Britain came to India early 1600s. Why do you think it stayed until 1947? “My people” IndPakBrits helped make Britain what it is today.

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

3. Let’s make things easy for you & stick to modern history. As tall, strong, loyal punjabis, the men in my family made perfect soldiers.

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

4. Punjabis were specifically recruited for both world wars. The men in my family fought and died in both. For Britain. It is only now that

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

5. we are beginning to enjoy some level of respect & honour for their bravery but, I guess, not from you ignorant morons. After the wars…

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

6. although Britain balked at the thought of being ruled by a foreign power, it did not give it up lightly in India. Heard of General Dyer?

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

7. And Mountbatten, the Queen’s bimbo cousin, trusted to deal with partition. Speeded up the process because his wife was shagging Nehru

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

8.My grandma watched her husband (her best friend) burned alive during partition. She fled with our ancestral gold to the forest & buried it

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

9. “knowing” she’d go back to find it. But it was lost forever. Despite her trauma, she remarried & moved to Britain and worked into her 70s

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

10. My dad and his siblings were born and grew up here. My family work hard. You like to say “hard working” but you haven’t got a clue

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

11. With only a handful of exceptions, everyone in my clan is a higher rate taxpayer. How much tax do you pay, little racist #leave voter?

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

12. My family also contribute by employing 100s of British locals & we give 2.5% of our savings to British charities. How much do you give?

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

13. Part of me thinks f- you, you will be more affected by #brexit than I will.

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

14. I’m wealthy, can bet on currency, buy a bigger house in a recession, enjoy private health care. It is *you* who will suffer

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

15. And yet, I feel sad for you. The austerity will hit you hard. You have no idea how stupid it was to vote #leave , especially the Welsh

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016

16. And now, some of you #leave voters with your #postrefracism are telling *me* to go home? How dare you. I AM HOME

— Menissa (@MenissaS) June 28, 2016