Brexit Shedding Light on Islamophobia

Sophia GutchinovHistory of Modern Europe

7/28/2016

“Other” Fearing the other never

stops Ethnic purity reasons-

Fascist Germany & Fascist Italy

Economic crisis exacerbates racial tensions

Economic concerns-Contemporary Britain

Brexit Great Britain voted to leave the European

Union-June 2016 Immigration problem

Hate Crimes More occurring since Brexit Against immigrants, especially Islams Muslim migration increasing to Britain

Hate Crimes Continued

Brexit allows citizens concerned with immigration already to target Muslims

“Get out, we voted leave”

Jobs in danger

Migration to the UK

Muslims Targeted Muslim women & their traditional dress “Paki” Pregnant Muslim woman beat up for “being ISIS

supporter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjU-KccSMDE

Eastern Europeans Targeted

It is not just Muslims who are persecuted for being immigrants and are perceived to pose a threat to the nation

Polish communities that have prospered for years are now treated differently post-Brexit

Economic Crisis “Historians report that the fascist’s call for a ‘new

society found an enthusiastic echo among people at large…especially those whose position seemed hopeless’”

Immigrants “fuel the economic crisis by taking the citizens’ jobs”

Final Points

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy gained power through economic crisis. Their political agenda was backed for the sake of ethnic cleansing as a solution to the minority problem

Today Britain wants immigrants out and wants to prevent more from coming in because of economic concerns. Islamophobia exists because Islamic immigrants are not British citizens and it is feared that they will spread terrorism.

Racism boils to the surface during economic crisis both in the interwar years and today in Britain

Thank you!