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437 Acts Of Hatred And Harassment Since Donald Trump's Win
There have been many acts of hatred, harassment and bul- lying in Donald Trump's America since Nov. 8, but there have also been many, many acts of solidarity and bravery, like this one at an Im- migration and Customs En- forcement detention center in Aurora, CO.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which has been tracking hate crime activity in the U. S. for 30 years, says that more than 400 acts of hateful harassment and intimidation have taken place since Donald Trump’s (s)election as presi- dent. The organization tracked the activity through Nov. 14.
Most of the reports in- volved anti-immigrant inci- dents (136), followed by anti-Black (89) and anti-LGBT (43). Some reports (8) in- cluded multiple categories like
anti-Muslim and anti-immi- grant. The "Trump" category (41) refers to incidents where there was no clear defined tar- get, like the pro-Trump van- dalism of a "unity" sign in Connecticut. We also collected 20 reports of anti-Trump in- timidation and harassment.
In Oregon:
A Muslim woman was rid- ing the Max to Beaverton in the early afternoon and a group of teenagers went to the corner of the car where she was sitting and got up in her face yelling at her that she was a terrorist, that our new president was going to deport her, that she can't wear her hijab anymore. They got increasingly menac- ing, and my friend went over and made them get off the train. When they were leaving through the door they tried to
spit on her.
Chillingly, many of these
acts occurred on the campuses of school children:
Venues of harassment in- cluded K-12 schools (99), busi- nesses (76), and universities (67). Common also was van- dalism and leafleting on pri- vate property (40) and epithets and slurs hurled from moving vehicles (38).
At an elementary school in Texas:
My 13 yo half Filipino daughter was approached by a child she didn't know as she waited to board her bus after school. The young man stated "You're Asian, right? When they see your eyes you are going to be deported" and he walked away. I reported this to my district Superintendent.
Based on the data collected by SPLC, California leads the way in hateful incidents, with 51. Of those, 35 involved in the use of the Swastika. Texas came in second with a total of 30 reported incidents.
Many in the U. S. are “fight- ing back” with acts of solidar- ity. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, after hearing that a female Muslim student was threat- ened with being set on fire if she did not remove her head covering, a public night time prayer was called by the uni- versity’s Muslim Student Asso- ciation. Dozens of Muslim students made prayer on the campus, surrounded by more than 200 student allies who provided protection for them.
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