Racists of Canada is a tumblr site, whose authors are not known, which pulls together posts by Canadians from a public Facebook site.  The posts are vitriolic and racist and could trigger readers, so please do be aware of this before you click through.  

Many of us have been concerned about the surge in anti-immigrant sentiment in Canada. Stories of Muslims being attacked have become more and more frequent. A mosque in Peterborough Ontario was set on fire, Muslim women are being harrassed when they leave the home, and the list goes on…

At the same time, online comments seem to be getting even worse, more vitriolic, and violent. The posts featured on Racists of Canada are all from Never Again Canada, a public Canadian Facebook page with tens of thousands of members.

The authors of the blog believe that part of free speech is taking responsibility for public comments. They encourage everyone who is a friend or family member of the commenters profiled on the site to reach out to their loved ones, give them a hug, ask them what is wrong.  Perhaps this is the way to stop the hate, I don`t know, but the fact is we have a lot of work to do to combat islamophobia.