Incidents of reported racism have gone up since the referendum result: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 48021.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;burnleymik wrote:I see the point you are making, but it's by completely ignoring the point we were making.
Implied was referred to on this board. We have been called racists directly by people including Vince Cable. I could point you to thousands of posts on social media with those accusations, same in national newspapers, constantly trying to imply brexit voters have increased racism and xenophobia in the UK. There are plenty of examples, we have heard it for the last 2 years, yet you seem to think no one actually says it?
I'm not saying all brexit people are racist or stupid, but the result has unleashed xenophobia within Britain to a degree that those holding racist opinions feel more free to express them publicly. I know quite a few decent people who voted leave who I would never call racist or thick, but I think we should all focus our attention on those people who have been on the receiving end of real face to face racial / religious / cultural abuse because the referendum result was never supposed to be about that. I'm sorry if you've been called a racist over the last few years, but your best response is to stand up for those who are being racially abused as a result of it.