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Originally Posted by Damien
More people seem to be committing racist abuse though and I would say that whilst it's a minority it's not really that small. As denphone says there is evidence of an increase in hate crimes and anecdotally it is being noticed as well. It doesn't matter if there are 'no more racists than before' the referendum seems to have emboldened them.
We all need to watch this. Both condemn it and also remember how ignoring legitimate concerns over immigration can make the issue worse.
Everyone now needs to watch this, Remain or Leave. Because if people are lied too again on immigration then we'll be feeding this beast. If Boris and Gove do plan to take the EEA route with freedom of movement having run a campaign that tapped into those concerns then they deserve plenty of criticism for stoking up an issue they never intended to address.
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The only way you avoid the freedom of movement requirement is probably not to trade with the EU or the EEA.
This means trading with other countries outside Europe. Whether we could cope satisfactorily is a moot question.
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Originally Posted by denphone
Indeed l quite agree as l remember in the 70's and 80's when it was much worse and what is was like for many of our family as we faced racist taunts and abuse a fair bit especially when we went to School and l remember one incident when my parents had a New Year party and somebody brought along a friend and he came out with some racist remarks about us and my Dad and brothers found out and before l knew it my brother planted one on the man and knocked him out stone cold and then faced a charge from the police soon afterwards.
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I am sorry to hear that. It's never nice to be subjected to racist treatment.