There has been an increasing number of attacks on foreigners in the aftermath of the vote to leave the European Union last year.
Hate crimes for the July to September quarter rose from 10,793 incidents in 2015 to 14,295 in 2016, according to a report published in February by the Press Association, which was derived from police statistics.
There were more than 6,000 reports of hate crime to police between mid-June and mid-July, according to the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).
Brexit has given people an excuse to have racist views towards immigrants, but not all people that voted to leave are racists, just a minority group.
Reported hate crime rose by 57% in the four days after the referendum, police say.
UK PM Theresa May is to trigger Article 50 on Wednesday 29 March, formally starting the Brexit process.
It's normal for reports of racist and bigoted behaviour to soar after major news events. It's also important to remember that the referendum wasn't the only relevant event during this period. Terror attacks took place in Nice and Munich, and the Orlando shootings happened just before, so blaming Brexit exclusively would be simplistic.
Oxford Definitions
Racism: Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.
Xenophobia: Dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
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