British universities must play their part in preventing racist attacks

Since the UK’s EU referendum vote in 2016, the number of hate crimes has risen dramatically, including attacks based on disability, racial, religious and homophobic motives.

The number of victims of religious and racist hate crime alone has risen almost 20 per cent in the last year, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is calling on British police to prepare for a new wave of hate crime following the formal triggering of ‘article 50’.

It’s important to keep in mind that this rise in hate crimes isn’t limited or linked to one specific group or one religion. One deeply worrying trend is the rise of ‘far-right’ attitudes and so-called ‘white nationalism’. In fact, Twitter users who self-identify as white nationalists and Neo-Nazis have grown 600% since 2012, according to a recent study.

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