# Brexit has given way to a new wave of boisterous people with xenophobic and anti-immigration views. "I think he wanted to say I wasn’t white enough. "'We voted out so go back to your country!' at me, to which I replied in my scouse accent: 'I am British! I’m from Liverpool!', to which he replied: 'You’re not British enough and never will be.' "But as I was making my way to the Eurostar at Kings Cross station, some guy in his late forties decided to spit in my direction (missed me by a few cms - not the first time I’ve been spat on so I have experience) whilst shouting. One person wrote: "So I thought I was safe in London. Sima Kotecha said she hadn't heard the word "since the 80s".Ī Tumblr blog, under the name This Is What You Have Done, is collecting such stories - and it makes utterly harrowing reading. The topic of immigration, which formed a large part of Leave campaign rhetoric, is now being manipulated.Ī BBC Radio 4 reporter spoke of her shock today after having a racist slur directed towards her. The concern and general consensus on social media is that the vote has given a small number of people - the minority - the idea that their awful thoughts have been in some way validated by the outcome of the vote. And it makes truly harrowing reading.Ī historian summed up the thoughts of many in a single tweet. Racist and xenophobic abuse, attacks and hate crimes are being reported all over the country. The troubling stories everyone should read following Brexit - whether you voted Leave or Remain
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