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Richmond Mounties are investigating after extremist flyers were dropped through the mail slots of some homes in Steveston on Thursday morning.

The flyers directed against Chinese people featured a caricature trumpeting a xenophobic slogan and encouraged recipients to “join the alt-right” and “save Richmond.”

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Richmond RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dennis Hwang said police take matters that may be hate motivated seriously.

“We are currently investigating this incident. We realize that incidents like this have a direct impact on citizens and our community,” Hwang said. He encouraged anyone who receives similar material to contact police.

The flyer directed people to websites populated with hand-wringing essays about the decline of “White America” and depictions of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump in imperial garb.

Lorne McMillan, a father of two, was among those who received one of the flyers Thursday. McMillan had been away from his home between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to drop his children at school. By the time he returned, the flyer was waiting for him.

“My first reaction was, ‘Is this a joke?’ It was disbelief. After I finished reading the whole thing I realized it wasn’t and I got really upset. Then it just went straight into anger,” he said, adding that he immediately went outside to find the person who had distributed it.