Vancouver Police are aware of the flyers and are investigating similar incidents across the city

Flyers were strewn across a neighbourhood in East Vancouver, leaving some residents shaken

The flyer accuses universities, mainstream media and the government of so-called anti-white propaganda

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – “White man, you are not alone,” was part of a message shared on flyers across East Vancouver this past week.

One resident named April says they found a flyer posted to their fence Saturday night. They say the flyers were left on several properties along Earl Street.

“I walked down the street and I saw a bunch of flyers on people’s lawns. It’s very upsetting,” they say. “It was very unsettling and concerning there are flyers asking people to join a white nationalist group. It’s kind of terrifying to see it in your neighborhood.”

In #EastVancouver where several of these were distributed in the Killarney & Kingsway neighbourhoods. Flyer calls for white men to join white nationalist movement. @VancouverPD says Hate Crimes investigator is looking into the incident. @CityNewsVAN @BT_Vancouver @NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/lgMNpcNtvi — Isabelle Raghem (@IsabelleRaghem) January 29, 2020

The flyer accuses universities, mainstream media, and the government of so-called anti-white propaganda.

It’s a tactic often used by some to create division, Ran Ukashi, the national director for the League For Human Rights, B’Nai Brith Canada explains.

“The plain meaning there is that there’s some sort of racial attack against white people through a broad array of other attackers or enemies and what have you,” he says. “Whether it’s Jews or other groups are responsible for whatever plight they wish to imagine or ascribe to some imagined pure white race.”

He says the timing of the flyers showing up just a few days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day most likely was no coincidence.

“We do see around Jewish holidays and uptaken antisemitic sentiment, so it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the timing was in fact deliberate.”

Other neighbours are also shaken by the flyers.

“Yeah, that’s terrifying, self-righteous entitlement and the toxicity that’s escalating,” one resident says. “Overall there’s just so much hatred, and it’s just scary.”

Vancouver police are aware of the flyers and say they’ve been reported in other areas of the city as well, including the Kingsway and Killarney neighbourhoods.

The VPD’s Criminal Investigations Unit and Hate Crimes Investigators are also looking into the incidents.