Not so pleasant experience living in Kazakhstan
Just to clear everything up I was born in Kazakhstan and my whole bloodline (mayhaps idfk) originates there. I'd like to discuss a few problems that I've been experiencing for basically my whole life (thankfully I migrated to Europe and im happy)
Firstly, I might need to clarify myself that my issues are personal yet I'm afraid others might experience this as well. Mayhaps such issues solemnly exist in the city I was born. No fucking clue. Shall the first issue be named and it is racism. I'm Russian and honestly fed up w the fact that kazakhs treated me as if I was some sort of an alien. I even had a few situations when some random ass group of youngsters approached me asking why I was speaking Russian instead of Kazakh. To be honest I didn't even bother explaining to them that instead of Kazakh I decided to study German + English. I have no clue how come they gave a fuck about what language I was speaking.
Secondly, so much beloved bullying that schools could barely give a damn about. Fun fact: I studied in a school for basically gifted and smart children, yet my school was filled w such creatures constantly beating up those who differ from them. Mostly those who had long hair what I found really funny because that's one of the dumbest reasons I've ever heard in my entire life.
Thirdly, getting those weird looks and nitpicked on simply because an individual dresses differently. To be honest I myself had to experience such due to me wearing jeans w crosses on them. It was quite unnerving that youngsters approached me asking what those meant and trying to connect religion to this even though it's simply a clothing brand (chrome hearts to be exact. imagine buying jeans which cost a fortune and then not being able to wear them lmfao). It was also quite distressing that I had relatively long hair and I still recall how mostly kazakhs approached me accusing me of being alt/edgy/goth and yapping that having long hair was sissy. Like how the hell having long hair is equal to being a sissy? Pure nonsense imo.
In addition, my beloved and useless "street code". Clarification for those who are not from Kazakhstan: many cities/neighborhoods in cities have teens/grown ups who are not capable of growing up and realizing that acting all gangster is not tough. However, I was raised in such neighborhood and I had to encounter and chat with such imbeciles. One of such individuals even tried to beat me up because I used a moisturizing lip balm in front of him. I still dont know what's so wrong in using a lip balm because the lip skin js shatters and tears for no reason. Lowk it's hard to explain what a so called "street code" is because it is a pack of rules that a person shall follow. Most of such rules are useless, nonsense, absurd and immoral.
Let me sum this up by saying that not all the youngsters are like this. Mayhaps it's the issue of the city where I was born. I've created this post simply to get a clarification on why kazakhstan is like this. It's been 30 years since being a gangster was a requirement and yet youth still tends to do so.