I overheard parts of an exchange about the result on the train last week, just before the vote, with one man saying something along the lines of "about time - the white people have had enough of 'em, we need our country back". Perhaps I should have interjected, but I didn't feel that either of them were the kind to be receptive to reason, let alone in public (where shaming would have only further raised the temperature and lessened their capacity for reason) so I kept quiet. But I have definitely detected an increase in racist and race-related discussion since the campaign kicked off.OMG! There were racists BEFORE Brexit too!
Remember, whatever get's the attention of the masses will be forced down their throats. Not heard much about Jo Cox this past few days, suppose there's no reason to anymore.
Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. Especially if it comes from mainstream media...question everything - don't think for one second they don't have an agenda.
I stress, that's not mainstream media telling me that, it's my own experience which I accept is only anecdote but then if we dismiss mainstream media, dismiss anecdote and dismiss social research organisations ("experts") and race organisations ("vested interests"), then what do we have left?
Racism is a base instinct. It's always lurking just below the surface and unscrupulous politicians (esp UKIP) and newspapers (esp Daily Mail and Daily Express) know how to exploit it for personal gain, whether to divide and conquer or stoke outrage. Outrage sells. Their behaviour throughout the referendum campaign has been abominable.