Brexit Racial Abuse

A 28-year-old Indian-origin student in the UK has been racially attacked by a white man, shouting "Brexit, go back home" after the Briton made sexist remarks towards a hijab-clad woman, media reports said. Rickesh Advani, a political science student at Cambridge University, confronted the man for his comments towards the woman, only to be hit with ...

Let's forget for a moment all of the political rhetoric that was being thrown before the referendum. The basis for this discussion has always been centered around immigration, which -- especially since the referendum -- has just become another word for racism.

More than a hundred incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes have been reported in UK since she voted to leave the European Union last week. The targets were not only Europeans but people of colour, including Indians.

A 28-year-old Indian-origin student in the UK has been racially attacked by a white man, shouting "Brexit, go back home" after the Briton made sexist remarks towards a hijab-clad woman, media reports said. Rickesh Advani, a political science student at Cambridge University, confronted the man for his comments towards the woman, only to be hit with ...

Let's forget for a moment all of the political rhetoric that was being thrown before the referendum. The basis for this discussion has always been centered around immigration, which -- especially since the referendum -- has just become another word for racism.

More than a hundred incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes have been reported in UK since she voted to leave the European Union last week. The targets were not only Europeans but people of colour, including Indians.