EnglandLast week, 51.9 per cent of people voted for Britain to leave the European Union.
And while the result has sent the world into shock, some Leave voters want to make one thing clear: most of them only voted Britain out of the EU to get rid of immigrants.
More than a hundred incidents of racial abuse and hate crime from Leave voters have been reported, and it’s being documented all over social media.
Under the hashtag #PostRefRacism, people are sharing their experiences with post EU Referendum racism and it’s truly terrifying.
'walking home, see these men laid out on the floor,thought they were drunk,took a photo, turns out they've been,…
Posted by Pav Dhande on Saturday, June 25, 2016
This weekend I and my family have witnessed 3 "when are you going home?" Racist incidents aimed at EU citizens here.
— Adam Boulton (@adamboultonSKY) June 26, 2016
Been standing here five minutes. Three different people have shouted "send them home". pic.twitter.com/cVvmYvC73o
— Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) June 24, 2016
This is the video taken by someone else of the same incident below.
Sheldon, near Sollihull West Midlands (just after midday)
I have no words…
I still remain hopeful, as I have had the honour to stand in solidarity against all injustice with many many more.
Posted by Ai Sha on Saturday, June 25, 2016
Gloucester @Tesco: 'this is England, foreigners have 48 hours to f**k right off. Who is foreign here? Anyone foreign?' #Brexit
— Max Fras (@maxfras) June 24, 2016
Daughter tells me someone wrote "[Child's name] go back to Romania" on the wall in the girls toilets at School today. ?
— James Titcombe (@JamesTitcombe) June 24, 2016
Disgusting RT @fionaand: Older woman on the 134 bus gleefully telling a young Polish woman and her baby to get off and get packing.Horrific.
— ChannyAmos (@Channy_Amos) June 25, 2016
"Table next to me says to Polish waitress "How come you're so cheerful? You're going home." Him and the missus started laughing." Disgusting
— James Pohotsky (@JamesNotTheBand) June 24, 2016
Picture from Romford today. (Photo with permission from the must-follow @diamondgeezer) pic.twitter.com/tsB56jAuww
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) June 25, 2016
Our neighbour is a deputy head and she said there were Polish kids crying because they were scared that they were going to be deported.
— Nihal Arthanayake (@TherealNihal) June 25, 2016
On the way to work this morning I called my family in Poland and while I was on the phone, a woman sitting opposite me…
Posted by Agata Brzeźniak on Saturday, June 25, 2016
The result of the EU referendum has seen an increase in anti-immigration rhetoric, and it’s truly terrifying.
For people who claimed to have voted Leave so that they could ‘have Britain back’ and ‘make Britain better again’, their racist remarks prove that they are only making the country worse.
And their mislead views can be pretty much summed up by this deluded gent’s comments:
Immigration. Patriotism. Muslims. People explain why they voted #Leave https://t.co/M2JBQEbEAJ
— Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) June 24, 2016
Admitting that he voted Leave ‘to stop Muslims coming into the EU’.
He said:
It’s all about immigration. It’s not about trade or Europe or anything like that, it’s all about immigration.
It’s to stop Muslims coming into this country. Simple as that.
Sarah Childs is one of the creators of a Facebook page documenting the alleged incidents.
She told The Independent: “We have a lot of people asking us to just move on from the referendum result, but the people affected by these incidents can’t move on while this is happening.”
While not all Leave voters voted for the same reason – and many do not have a problem with immigration, it’s worrying that even a small percentage of them have brought on this example of post-Brexit racism.
If this is what the new Britain is going to be like, I’m not sure many of us will want to stay – immigrant or not.
