Reuniting the Kingdom: How creatives tackled xenophobia in the wake of Brexit vote
‘Go Home’, ‘No More Polish Vermin,’ ‘White Zone’. You would be forgiven for thinking that these were lifted from dusty posters belonging to a bygone era, but these were just some of the straplines printed on leaflets and posters and stuck to buildings in the aftermath of Britain’s exit from the EU.
Reports of hate crime soared by 57 per cent in the wake of the Brexit according to the National Police Chiefs council. Incidents included, but were not limited to, racially motivated assaults in Derry and London, as well as stickers proclaiming a ‘white zone’ around the La Pasionara memorial Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
