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Are there polls or other evidence supporting that?
by ivraatiems 8y ago
Are there polls or other evidence supporting that?
- jandrese 8y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/29/frenzy-hatred-brexit-racism-abuse-referendum-celebratory-lasting-damage https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/29/frenzy-hatr... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/25/the-uncomfortable-question-was-the-brexit-vote-based-on-racism/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/25... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2017.1361544 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2017.13... http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/10/09/race-class-and-brexit-how-did-we-get-here/ http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/10/09/race-class-and-brex... https://www.football365.com/news/brexit-and-re-emergence-of-racism-is-no-coincidence https://www.football365.com/news/brexit-and-re-emergence-of-... It's basically the same thing that got Donald Trump elected. An endless parade of stories about how foreigners are making your life worse and the government is bending over backwards for them while you are out of a job. Propaganda works. Lies you want to hear get votes. Nuance does not.
- JetSetWilly 8y agoNone of those articles constitutes evidence, they are just opinions of people wanting to push that line. In reality people voted brexit for very many reasons, seeking to dismiss it all as racism is just a lazy way to feel superior.