Here's what we do know about hate crimes:
We know that hate crimes are severely underreported – and yet, the Dept. of Justice still estimates there are an average of 250,000 victims a year.
A statement from SPLC's Heidi Beirich.https://t.co/f6NZ9XaQxD
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) February 26, 2019
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"Nativists, racists & our president are taking advantage of the browning of America, contrasting it with nostalgia for a perceived better, whiter past & using that idea to activate citizens into white nationalist thinking."—SPLC's Heidi Beirich #YearInHate https://t.co/NDVjNrpWrW
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) February 26, 2019
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This year, @splcenter counted 1,020 hate groups in the U.S.—“the most the SPLC has ever counted,” according to the project's director. https://t.co/LGA1rW73Y4
— PEN America (@PENamerican) February 21, 2019
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Reporters @ACInvestigates and @awinston have been writing about white supremacy in the military if you want to learn more: https://t.co/tfzWtGIJbf
Have you encountered white supremacists or neo-Nazis in the military? Please tell us: https://t.co/gMpbu1hp5c https://t.co/n8vSRAcsy5
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) February 20, 2019
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Opposing racism is not the same as building an antiracist society.
Our new series, #AntiracismAndAmerica, a collaboration between @AntiracismCtr & @GuardianUS, looks at the structures that sustain a racist society – and how we dismantle them. https://t.co/OBMfW4Q2XR
— Christopher Petrella (@CFPetrella) December 6, 2018
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At least 128 trans people were killed in 87 cities across 32 states in the last five years.
80% were people of color. https://t.co/Y6m2pzUkWv
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) January 26, 2019