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White nationalist books planted in little free libraries across Ottawa (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/canada

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Copies of a book promoting white nationalist ideology have been placed in community-run library boxes in neighbourhoods in parts of Ottawa, prompting a police investigation.

Christine Young found several copies earlier this month when she decided to check out a few little free libraries near her home in Barrhaven.

Young, a federal government consultant, never expected to repeatedly come across the same book — one that denounces immigration, multiculturalism, advocates for a white ethnostate in which racialized communities would be classified as second class citizens.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wish there’s some kind of follow up to news like this.

Did the police report go anywhere? Or is it just sitting in some paper pile, or trashed? Follow it up, or call it out.

[–] Arkouda 2 points 4 days ago

There should be a follow up for sure, but I doubt there will be any real investigation because the book doesn't seem to break any laws according to the article.

While the book does not contain "a call for outright violence" or "a call for extermination of communities," Perry said it aims to frame far-right talking points in a more persuasive way than some of the "shock troops" of the movement.

Since the book isn't being named I am willing to assume it comes from a modern author, and is available in the average book store, so leaving it in a little library isn't a crime even if it supports an inhumane ideology.