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Originally Posted by Zulu29
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know a great deal of the ins and outs of this Brexit, but when I hear people complain that it happened because white people who are probably racist are the ones wanting to leave, it makes me question the sensibility of the stay side.
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I can't find the image now, but one of the British media (the Telegraph?) had a word cloud of the most important issues for people on each side. The remain campaign was "economy". The dominating theme for leave was "immigration". It may be unfair to categorize most leave supporters as racist - overtly, at least - but the simple reality is that it is no coincidence that this happened at a time when the EU is dealing with a massive flood of 'undesirables' from brown countries.
Certainly there are many reasons intertwined with this vote - including the EU's power struggle and what-not. But everyone knows what drove this vote. Pretending otherwise is counterproductive.