Ned Yeung on Nostr: Poilievre said talking about racism, or “wokeism,” had contributed to a 250 per ...
Poilievre said talking about racism, or “wokeism,” had contributed to a 250 per cent increase in reported hate crimes.
While an RCMP report found:
“The first pronounced spike in hate crimes began in 2016 and coincided with the rise of populist politics and inflammatory rhetoric directed toward immigrant, racialized and religious minority groups with a second and pronounced spike thereafter that coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic" (when people of Asian descent were often targeted).
While an RCMP report found:
“The first pronounced spike in hate crimes began in 2016 and coincided with the rise of populist politics and inflammatory rhetoric directed toward immigrant, racialized and religious minority groups with a second and pronounced spike thereafter that coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic" (when people of Asian descent were often targeted).