Police launch hate crime probe after posters saying ‘It’s okay to be white’ were plastered around Basingstoke UK

The posters were placed on display outside a college, on lampposts, along major roads and on school routes in the Hampshire town on Thursday.

Hampshire Constabulary has confirmed it is treating the incidents as a hate incident after shocked local residents alerted the force last week.

The posters were also reported to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and the Highways Agency, which confirmed it would remove them as soon as possible.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10177239/Police-launch-hate-crime-probe-okay-white-posters-plastered-Basingstoke.html

Am I missing something? Why is it a hate crime to say it’s okay to be white?

Tess