England: Declaring "It's Okay to be White" is Now a Hate Crime

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Hate crime investigation after 'its okay to be white' poster stuck up around town

Residents in Basingstoke, Hants, were shocked to find 'divisive' posters around the town branding the alt-right slogan "its okay to be white" and ripped them down

By Shil Mahmoudi | The Mirror (UK) | 9 November 2021

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hate-crime-investigation-after-its-25413142

A hate crime investigation is underway by police after "it's okay to be white" posters were put up around a town.

Residents in Basingstoke, Hants, were horrified to find posters carrying the phrase displayed outside a college, on lampposts on major roads, and on school routes.

Locals believe the posters were put up by neo-Nazi sympathisers who deliberately intend to be 'divisive'.

They tore down the signs, but they have since emerged again.

Basingstoke resident Priya Brown said the posters are 'tactics used to divide deliberately by neo-Nazi groups and white supremacy groups'.

Hampshire Constabulary confirmed it is treating the incidents in Basingstoke as a hate crime.

A worried Ms Brown said: "These posters were on school routes and a lot of people including kids have seen them.

"My friend, who was walking the dog at around 7.30am, alerted me about it. Later I saw it on the way to school with my children. This wasn't nice and it was on every single lamppost on Cliddesden Road.

"Later I had a governor's meeting as well at [Basingstoke College of Technology] and that's how I found out that they were outside the college as well.

"There were a couple of residents who were quite upset about it. They removed some of these posters. My friend's husband also took down as many posters as possible."

Ms Brown reported it to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and the Highways Agency, which said it would remove them as soon as possible.

After more posters emerged, some residents wrote over the slogan with a marker pen to make it read "it's okay to be trans + dyslexic" and "it's okay to be gay".
Admin Edit:  What? It IS okay to be Gay? No Hate Crime there! Think about that, Whitey.

A Hampshire Constabulary spokesperson said: "This has been recorded as a hate incident and we are now liaising with our local community groups."

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