Since the UK voted to leave the EU, Twitter has seen a manifestation of the racist pandemic that is sweeping the UK.
Here are just a few of those tweets.
This evening my daughter left work in Birmingham and saw group of lads corner a Muslim girl shouting "Get out, we voted leave". Awful times
— Heaven Crawley (@heavencrawley) 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
Been standing here five minutes. Three different people have shouted "send them home". pic.twitter.com/cVvmYvC73o
— Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) June 24, 2016
So less than 20 hrs after Brexit results announced, I have the pleasure of being called "a Paki c*nt in a suit" by a homeless man.
— Banking Buddha (@TheBuddhaSmiled) June 24, 2016
Currently at the bus stop and a van went by with someone screaming "WHITE POWER".
— Stephanie (@NerdAboutTown) June 24, 2016
Hmm. #Brexit
Picture from Romford today. (Photo with permission from the must-follow @diamondgeezer) pic.twitter.com/tsB56jAuww
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) June 25, 2016
My girlfriend just sent me this photo from #Newcastle. Absolutely unbelievable #BrexitBritain #Brexit #EUref pic.twitter.com/EhA96ZUHSq
— daniel watson (@DWxLW) June 25, 2016
Just arrived at a 78% Muslim school. White man stood making victory signs at families walking past. This is the racism we have legitimised.
— Dr Karen Bateson (@KarenJBateson) June 24, 2016
Yesterday my partner witnessed people jeering at Polish coffee shop worker: "you're going home now." @DouglasCarswell
— Jeremy Cliffe (@JeremyCliffe) June 25, 2016
@PostRefRacism Woken from sleep around 5am by man in street yelling racist rant about "pakis", felt very much like #EUref emboldened him. :(
— Owain Paciuszko (@kingoftheducks) June 25, 2016
My mums just seen a group of people verbally attack a polish woman telling her to fuck off back to her own country and that "we've won"
— Courtney (@c_ourtneywright) June 24, 2016
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