Washington – Groups Document More Than 860 Hate Incidents Since Elections

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    Brenda Abdelall, with Muslim Advocates, second from left, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. Abdelall, standing with from left, Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Janet Murguia, the President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, and Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, called on President-elect Donald Trump to publicly denounce racism and bigotry.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Washington – Civil rights groups called for President-elect Donald Trump to forcefully and publicly denounce racism and bigotry, pointing to more than 860 bias-related incidents recorded in the 10 days following his Nov. 8 victory.

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    After running a divisive campaign, Trump promised — after winning — to be a president for all Americans, said representatives of the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Council of La Raza and the American Federation of Teachers.

    Trump needs to follow through on that pledge and publicly denounce the bias- and hate-related incidents that popped up around the country, said Richard Cohen, SPLC’s president.

    “One of our great, great hopes at the Southern Poverty Law Center is that Mr. Trump mightily disappoints the white supremacists, the white nationalists who are celebrating his victory now,” Cohen said.

    In an interview on “60 Minutes,” Trump — when told about some of the harassment — said if it was his supporters for them to “stop it.” In an interview with The New York Times, Trump denounced the white supremacist movement when asked. But he needs to do more, the groups said.

    “A president-elect has to create a climate that keeps all Americans safe,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

    In the 10 days following the November election, SPLC said it collected 867 hate-related incidents on its website and through the media from almost every state, with Hawaii, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota the only exceptions. Their numbers exclude reports of online harassment. The group has not independently verified each claim but said it has weeded out any reported hoaxes.

    Anti-immigrant hate incidents targeting Latinos, Asians and Africans made up the largest number of claims, even though many Latinos and Asians in the U.S. are second- or third-generation American citizens. Those incidents were followed by anti-black and anti-Semitic incidents.

    Schools and universities were the most common places for incidents to happen. Most often the incidents were through graffiti and verbal harassment, according to SPLC’s information.

    For example, SPLC said a Colorado mother reported that her 12-year-old African-American daughter was approached by a boy who said, “Now Trump is president, I’m going to shoot you and all the blacks I can find.” A Washington state teacher reported that “Build a wall” was chanted in their lunchroom the day after the election.

    A Louisiana woman said she was getting ready to cross the street when a truck with three white men pulled up and shouted vulgar words at her. “One began to chant ‘Trump’ as they drove away,” the black woman said. And a lesbian couple in Austin, Texas, reported that “DYKE,” ”Trump” and a swastika were painted on their door.

    In a separate survey, more than 10,000 teachers told SPLC they knew of more than 2,500 fights, threats and other incidents related to election rhetoric, and reported an increase in slurs and derogatory language, swastikas, Confederate flags and Nazi salutes.

    “This polarized and divisive election has left its mark on all of us, but most tragically on our children,” said Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza. “We have heard countless stories of harassment, intimidation and bullying of Latino and other students in schools around this country. This cannot stand.”

    The number of incidents has slowed in the days following the election but anyone expecting the hate to just vanish is being naive, Cohen said. “It’s not just going to go away,” he said.

    In fact, the groups expect more hate-related incidents around Inauguration Day, said Brenda Abdelall, charities program director of Muslim Advocates. “To bring us together as a nation, (Trump) will need to disavow dangerous proposals and ideas that single out and demonize Muslims and other communities,” she said.

    Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said it is clear that not all Trump supporters are racist. But Trump “needs to lead by example in both words and in deed,” Henderson said. “The nation — and the world — are watching.”


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    7 years ago

    this hate was incited by obama in his speeches against trump and it is his responsibility to stop all these protests and hate and division amongst the american people

    7 years ago

    This is ludicrous. Trump has neither said nor done anything at all to create divisiveness between races, genders, cultures, or anything else. It is a wicked plot by the Democrat losers who want to brand him as against civil rights. Have any of these fools heard how Hillary swears, cusses, and throws around the labels that defy her idol of political correctness?

    If people choose to start fights, and engage in hate activities, they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But this has nothing more to do with Donald Trump than it does with Donald Duck. It is not enough that the Hillary campaign was so full of lies and garbage fed to the press. They need to continue it now! Shame on them. They all need to resign from political activity, and get a life.

    bsnow
    bsnow
    7 years ago

    Rubbish. The dems are a bunch of violent angry anti american sore losers.

    Butterfly
    Butterfly
    7 years ago

    No, The hate was incited by Trump’s White only groups. Wait until all the minorities are grouped. Asians, spanish, Indians, American Indian, black, Moslem, and Jewish!! They will not forget the Jews!

    DanielBarbaz
    DanielBarbaz
    7 years ago

    Please……there have been hate crimes since Kayin killed Hevel. But the leftists want to blame Trump for hate crimes.
    If they want to discuss hate, they should look at one of their own: Keith Ellison, a former follower of Louis Farrakhan, whom they want to head the DNC. Shame on them.

    pushkin
    pushkin
    7 years ago

    nothing to do with Trump, it’s all Obama fault, but yonosanw will provide ample proof that it’s not true, because he is a lawyer and he could be our collective grandpa. So we have to accept anything he says as Tora mi Sinai.

    7 years ago

    In Ramapo, we have our own Frum legislator who invites and incites anti semitism.

    yonasonw
    Member
    yonasonw
    7 years ago

    None of you populists refuted one fact I listed in #4 .

    And TrumpIZPrez, you still read too carelessly…I said it is Trump who appointed an ally of White Supremacists to the White House staff. If you think the Alt Rt is nuanced and not anti-Semitic, than you quite frankly have neither read their literature nor watched the videos of Spence’s 11/09 speech. Zieg Heil, of course, being nuanced and not aimed at Jews…as is true for references to certain press and bankers “not being human,” but only “soulless golems”

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    7 years ago

    The only bias-related incidents recorded in the 10 days following the election was the one where a bunch of low life hoodlums beat up a white guy that said he voted for Trump and yesterdays terrorist attack perpetrated by a Muslim at Ohio State University.

    Realist77
    Realist77
    7 years ago

    The only inciting was done and supported by the left with Soros footing the bill. There are videos that show the behind the scenes as to how the left paid its members to incite violence. Many of the “Trump attacks” were fraudulent.
    Your assertion that Trump has any control who endorses him is absurd. If that was the case Hillary was endorsed by Hamas, BLM, Palestinians and other hate groups. Hillary did not denounce any of those groups. Neither did Obama. The groups rioting, looting, and assaulting others are from your “peaceful” brethren.
    Look at all the Palestinian and anti Israel rhetoric from the left. She actually had Senator Robert Byrd (a grand KKK member) as her mentor and eulogized him at his funeral. The only hate comes from the left with their elitist attitudes and accusations that anyone that opposes their point of views are homophobes, bigot, racist, islamaphobe, xenophobe, misogynist etc…(I am sure you can add more names to the list, it is the go to strategy for the liberals). Go get your safety pin, go to your safe space, and go curl up in the corner. Your attitude of elitism is the exact reason Hillary lost the electoral vote, and Trump won with a landslide.