June 26, 2025 by V Leigh

17-year-old Elijah Green was brutally beaten by a mob at a Palmdale concert as they hurled racial slurs — and no one has been arrested. This vicious hate crime was caught on video. We stand with Elijah’s family in demanding accountability.

17-year-old Elijah Green was brutally beaten by a mob at a Palmdale concert as they hurled racial slurs — and no one has been arrested. This vicious hate crime was caught on video. We stand with Elijah’s family in demanding accountability. https://t.co/RySLhLg8EF
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) June 2, 2025

The fire that destroyed the Clayborn Temple, a historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968, was intentionally set, investigators said Wednesday. https://t.co/aWFGcoBR8Y
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 21, 2025

December 3, 2024 by V Leigh

A recent neo-Nazi rally in Columbus, Ohio drew national attention—but it was just one of dozens that increasingly emboldened white power groups have held this year.

STUDENTS EMBOLDENED BY TRUMP

Beverly Hills High School—the week of the 2024 election a mob of kids with a Trump flag on a pole, with Trump clothing and MAGA hats stormed the halls.

In recent weeks, Black students have been targets of racism, saying they’ve been called racial… pic.twitter.com/Bjve66a1ZQ
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) November 23, 2024

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Leave it to Jon Stewart 💥

Mika Brzezinski: “Joe and I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet personally with President-elect Trump. And for those asking, why would we speak to the president-elect during such fraught times… I would ask back, why wouldn’t we?”

Jon Stewart: “Because you… pic.twitter.com/6iq9PhUkZh
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) November 19, 2024

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Trump: I’m not a Nazi

Also Trump: pic.twitter.com/MfCp4tWJ7I
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 30, 2024

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A recent neo-Nazi rally in Columbus, Ohio drew national attention—but it was just one of dozens that increasingly emboldened white power groups have held this year. https://t.co/gZRAtCFcI8
— WIRED (@WIRED) November 26, 2024

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September 29, 2024 by V Leigh

Crazy that no Haitian immigrants are killing pets but conservatives definitely are

Crazy that no Haitian immigrants are killing pets but conservatives definitely are pic.twitter.com/4C8OYGAyXF
— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) September 24, 2024

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Kevin Roberts killed a dog with a shovel. Kristi Noem shot her puppy. RFK Jr. beheaded a whale and dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park. And Mitt Romney drove his dog on top of his car. And they have the nerve to lie about Haitians eating dogs and cats.https://t.co/seSZ8MH9Qs
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) September 24, 2024

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NOW: “Haitians Have No Home Here” a banner held by a small group of protesters covered in black block in Springfield Ohio, as locals confront them shouting “Fk you!” and a woman shouting “HATE HAS NO HOME HERE!”

Video by @peterhvideo @FreedomNTV Desk@freedomnews.tv to license pic.twitter.com/H69cOZxhNQ
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) September 28, 2024

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Greg Gutfeld basically admits that the stories about Haitian migrants eating cats were fake but it was OK to promote them to bring attention to migrant crimes. I hope any lawyer working on a defamation lawsuit against Fox News is watching this. pic.twitter.com/9CsexFk80T
— Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) September 29, 2024

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Very interesting. It looks like a Haitian group in Springfield has filed charges against Trump and Vance, including for making false alarms and telecommunications harassment. pic.twitter.com/pO5JQY36KO
— Sarah Stankorb (@sarahstankorb) September 24, 2024

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September 16, 2024 by V Leigh

Trump now proposes to deport LEGAL immigrants from Haiti. And he won’t stop there. One of the most chilling words in Project 2025? “Denaturalization.” That’s right. They want to STRIP citizenship from immigrants who’ve become American citizens. THAT is the Trump platform.

Trump now proposes to deport LEGAL immigrants from Haiti.

And he won’t stop there.

One of the most chilling words in Project 2025?

“Denaturalization.”

That’s right. They want to STRIP citizenship from immigrants who’ve become American citizens.

THAT is the Trump platform.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) September 13, 2024

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Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio says someone has threatened to shoot Haitians on campus. All events canceled pic.twitter.com/QvYbNRYH6C
— BNO News Live (@BNODesk) September 15, 2024

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From the holocaust museum. https://t.co/yU3K8PVbnu pic.twitter.com/sTwA4Oqb7k
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) September 14, 2024

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First off, Haitians started coming to Springfield in 2018 **when Trump was in office**, seeking asylum from the violent situation in Haiti.

Most are in the system, and not here illegally. They have taxpayer IDs and work jobs.

Also, how hard is it to denounce a bomb threat?! https://t.co/A3yTN3jnuR
— Colin McIntosh by Sheets & Giggles (@ColinDMcIntosh) September 14, 2024

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Trump: “We will do large deportations from Springfield, Ohio, large deportations. We’re gonna get these people out. We’re bringing them back to Venezuela.”

(They are from Haiti, not Venezuela. And they are legal immigrants; you can’t deport them.)
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— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 13, 2024

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Bomb threats at schools in Springfield were an inevitable byproduct of racist moral panics stoked by MAGA influencers.

It shows how efficient influencers are at spinning up hate/fear, and the GOP’s eagerness to help them do it.

My latest, for MSNBC: https://t.co/HpUBspXjXX
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) September 13, 2024

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December 8, 2023 by V Leigh

A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a months long standoff over dress code policy The student has already spent over 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom school racism

A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over dress code policy

The student has already spent over 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom https://t.co/FagUgXF8PL
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) December 5, 2023

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In a shocking hate crime at a Kansas HS, a white boy viciously attacked a Black girl student while yelling the N Word. The assault resulted in the Black girl’s nose being broken and her hospitalization. The school suspended the Black girl for 5 days. https://t.co/Xe1W4xV4tT
— The Kansas City Defender (@KCDefender) November 28, 2023

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Shawnee Mission East students demand change after racist attack | The Kansas City Star https://t.co/Zba5tqqDY5
— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) December 6, 2023

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A Texas woman is accusing her sons’ school district of failing to condemn racism after she says they were subjected to anti-Asian American taunts on the bus, and her older boy had a swastika drawn on his shirt last year. https://t.co/ysVROnsIJt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 5, 2023

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My newest piece discussing algorithmic racism in AI + EdTech was just published in @theprogressive ! I discuss how anti-black infrastructures exacerbate educational inequity, automating the school to prison nexus via The New Jim Code (@ruha9)https://t.co/wGq2a8iY4W
— Dr. Tiera Chantè Tanksley (@DrTanksley) November 25, 2023

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Palestinian students are delgating and explaining their experiences with Anti Palestinian racism and Islamophobia in schools. The youngest speaker is 16, and says her principle told her Palestine will never be free. #HamOnt pic.twitter.com/JZCSkgvAdI
— Sarah Jama (@SarahJama_) December 5, 2023

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October 21, 2023 by V Leigh

The SPLC is designating October as #HateCrimesAwarenessMonth and will conduct an annual campaign to alert the public, advocates, policymakers and politicians to the problem of hate crimes. We also will press for action to prevent them.

Black Professionals KICKED OUT Of Orlando Restaurant For EATING TOO SLOW… https://t.co/irv0QKHwiX via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) September 20, 2023

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Oregon Man Arrested After Violent, Racist Threats Towards Black Neighbors https://t.co/tShUE2cOiE
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) September 25, 2023

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Woman Catches College Professor’s Racist Rant Against An African Student For Being Late To Class https://t.co/wUeT0OZIt2
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) September 25, 2023

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“New Yorkers of all backgrounds deserve to be safe,” says DA Alvin Bragg in light of a new report about anti-Asian bias incidents.

He noted that his office successfully lobbied for $1.7M in more funding for its Hate Crimes Unit last year. https://t.co/F5QHYX8uNQ
— Gothamist (@Gothamist) October 4, 2023

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The SPLC is designating October as #HateCrimesAwarenessMonth and will conduct an annual campaign to alert the public, advocates, policymakers and politicians to the problem of hate crimes. We also will press for action to prevent them. https://t.co/a9Q1Gy53xF
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) October 2, 2023

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“If you stick a knife in my back 9 inches and pull it out 6 inches, that’s not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. They haven’t pulled the knife out; they won’t even admit that it’s there.” —Malcolm X pic.twitter.com/DUuU5ZZW1X
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) October 11, 2023

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September 14, 2023 by V Leigh

The SPLC and other organizations that study hate and extremism have long warned about the connections between angry political debate and resulting extremist violence. Words matter. Words have consequences.

Stay alert: These ‘simple’ comments are actually being used to spread hate against Black and Jewish creators pic.twitter.com/tQ1jVo7Xst
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 12, 2023

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Black HS student Darryl George received a week-plus suspension over his loc hairstyle — just days AFTER Texas’ CROWN Act went into effect! That law bans discrimination based on a student’s hair texture or protective hairstyle, including locs and braids! https://t.co/Ap0d3kKypw
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) September 13, 2023

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The Bullpen: Exclusive: Denny’s Customers Facing Discrimination, Speak Out https://t.co/AbDTe3Ozjz via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) September 6, 2023

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Shame this must be spelled out for Bill Maher

—The goal is RACIAL JUSTICE
—MLK believed in that! 👆
—“The woke” believe you must first diagnose racism to eradicate racism
—The “position of the KKK” was to eradicate BLACK PEOPLE https://t.co/UmFPiwFuMK
— #StopCopCity (@ChuckModi1) September 5, 2023

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EXCLUSIVE: Black Truckers Denied Service At Denny’s, Kicked Out For Bein… https://t.co/p4kMjPKpve via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) August 31, 2023

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In which Trump promoter Charlie Kirk demands that I, a brown American *citizen*, should be deported.

“Send him back to the country he came from.”

Just pure unadulterated racism from the MAGA right.https://t.co/R5GLKL5RPx
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 30, 2023

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Representative Justin Jones talking about the racial terrorism in the United States and the mental health issue of us not doing anything to stop it.

Check out ReadyForRevolution’s video! #TikTok https://t.co/keIEUYREgZ
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) August 30, 2023

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The SPLC and other organizations that study hate and extremism have long warned about the connections between angry political debate and resulting extremist violence.

Words matter.

Words have consequences.https://t.co/5pC8oVJBY4
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) August 30, 2023

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As the nation learned that a White man killed three Black people in a racist attack in Jacksonville, Florida, Saturday, it renewed for many the sense of urgency to confront the racism that still permeates the United States. https://t.co/YnWV2V1BPM
— CNN (@CNN) August 30, 2023

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In July, a 14-yo teen reportedly attempted to drown a Black teen in Chatham, Mass., after picking up a stone, threatening the victim & calling him a racial slur. The suspect allegedly laughed while holding the victim underwater & called him George Floyd. https://t.co/lLzcj37ftt
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) September 2, 2023

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Appalling to see Nazi flags and such raw displays of #antisemitism and #racism in Florida yesterday, only one week after the fatal hate crime in Jacksonville. Elected leaders on both sides should denounce this activity and stop the normalization of hate. https://t.co/0o4TvcnX05
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) September 3, 2023

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July 14, 2023 by V Leigh

We say gay. We read banned books. And we will continue to defend our students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach.

I woke up yesterday morning, looked out my window and saw the neighbors had hung this flag on their children’s playground.

Pull up a seat, and join me, friends, for The Chronicles of Being Black in a Rich, White suburb

A thread 💀 pic.twitter.com/2p3M03KOUV
— Brittani James, MD (@DrBrittaniJ) July 9, 2023

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Owner bans some LGBTQ customers from Michigan hair salon over pronouns. ‘Not welcome’ https://t.co/2Cssnp4eJu
— 🌈The Where True Love is Movement 🏳️‍⚧️ (@WhereTrueLoveIs) July 11, 2023

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Florida is racist and pushes divisive education.https://t.co/yZtHhhkg0a
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 9, 2023

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Republican Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters says the Tulsa massacre in Greenwood can be taught in schools but the instruction should not mention the issue of race. “Let’s not tie it to skin color”

For two days in 1921 — black residents were terrorized and had their… pic.twitter.com/AodvrZWgIX
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) July 10, 2023

🚨 The self-described white nationalist who wrote that Hispanics were “invading” America before fatally shooting 23 people at Walmart in El Paso was just sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms for his conviction on federal hate crimes charges. https://t.co/oSdrEfLIWL
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) July 7, 2023

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After a Supreme Court ruling found that “creative” businesses can turn away gay customers, influencers on the right are calling for the end of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

From @MiaGingerich: https://t.co/gEaRjzZrM4
— Ari Drennen (@AriDrennen) July 10, 2023

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Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby Now Banned for Those Under 18 in Mississippi | @bookriot https://t.co/qCORwYvrSM
— Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) July 10, 2023

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After gutting affirmative action, Republicans target minority scholarships https://t.co/9xYcMyW8JV
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 5, 2023

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Philadelphia wants to ban ski masks to reduce gun violence, even though there isn’t a body of research proving such policies work.

Instead, it’s reminiscent of other policies that criminalize Black fashion, @sunny___sone wrote in our Weekly newsletter: https://t.co/Sc0Gj6Z9j5
— The Trace (@teamtrace) July 5, 2023

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“These Donor and Legacy Preferences are not justified by any educational necessity because Harvard cannot show that the use of these preferences is necessary to achieve any important educational goal.” https://t.co/9U6NUhwz6C
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 3, 2023

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A Facebook group for the mothers of LGBTQ kids is skyrocketing and now includes tens of thousands of moms against GOP bigotry.

The group, called Mama Bears, seeks to combat Republicans’ attempt to hijack “parents’ rights” to push a hateful agenda.

🔗https://t.co/IjuJQx2gQa pic.twitter.com/iJKSkuebuo
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) July 11, 2023

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We say gay. We read banned books. And we will continue to defend our students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach. https://t.co/vnNIbMxHWB
— NEA (@NEAToday) July 7, 2023

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Black people are 50% more likely than White people to face medical debt. But they’re less likely to get a GoFundMe, thinking they’ll reinforce racist ideas about Black people wanting handouts. When Black people do seek help, they receive less than White people seeking help. pic.twitter.com/dWhs0mSbBC
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) July 11, 2023

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Hate has no place in our state. I’ve fought for more community-based resources to tackle the surge of hate crimes in California, and I won’t stop pushing to keep everyone safe.https://t.co/Ldl1R5Qead
— Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) July 7, 2023

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Today I announced the largest-ever investment to help organizations at risk of hate crimes and signed landmark legislation to strengthen our anti-hate crime efforts.

We are making it clear: Hate will never have a place in New York. pic.twitter.com/e4aC53oKH6
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) July 11, 2023

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November 19, 2022 by V Leigh

A teacher in Texas is on administrative leave after telling students “deep down in my heart, I am ethnocentric, which means I think my race is the superior one”

7 fires at black churches and an HBCU in Jackson, Mississippi on Election Day morning.

This may seem shocking to some, but this ugly side of America has always been here. https://t.co/hk4KGLK03B
— Jason Hamlin (@jjasonhamlin) November 8, 2022

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Sickening and worrying. A French far-right MP yelled at NUPES MP Carlos Martens Bilongo to “return to Africa”. The Assembly was shocked. The session was suspended. pic.twitter.com/xh9DnlcyLF
— Rim-Sarah Alouane (@RimSarah) November 3, 2022

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University of Kentucky student Sophia Rosing arrested and charged after assaulting another student who was at work and calling her a “nigger bitch”https://t.co/kzNRYupfj8 pic.twitter.com/WuOi4Stauo
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 6, 2022

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FOLLOW UP: Here’s Sophia Rosing at the University of Kentucky getting arrested after assaulting a Black student working at the desk and saying the N word for 10 minutes straight — for those who wanted to see her in cuffs. (Like we did)pic.twitter.com/eGwq1b03f8
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 7, 2022

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I know everyone’s heard about the racist woman at UK, Sophia Rosing but you should also know this happened in response to her. https://t.co/uJLK3GnyIk
— Michelle_BYoung (@michelle_byoung) November 8, 2022

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Teacher Admits His White Supremacy Ideology To Students https://t.co/s2FEu8bejE via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) November 15, 2022

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Look at their faces.

Look at their faces.

Look at the disappointment. The casual violence they’re subjected to. Look.

Look at their faces. https://t.co/1OCPxcCAP1
— The Madwoman in the Classroom (@heymrsbond) November 13, 2022

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November 13, 2022 by V Leigh

Ye’s antisemitic comments spark outrage, fear

Ye’s antisemitic comments spark outrage, fear | Nightline https://t.co/8uIwWJB80v via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) October 29, 2022

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This is terrible and terrifying news. Sadly, this isn’t surprising, given the intensely antisemitic discourse that has dominated the public conversation lately. Sending love, solidarity, and peace to the Jewish community. https://t.co/h5OqnM6NP0
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) November 3, 2022

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Doug Mastriano asked by an Israeli reporter (@nathanguttman of @kann_news) to respond to antisemitic attack on Josh Shapiro and association with Gab.

His wife Rebbie steps in and says: “I’m gonna say we probably love Israel more than a lot of Jews do.” #PAGov pic.twitter.com/Pczpz2IYgJ
— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) October 30, 2022

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17-year-old Elijah Green was brutally beaten by a mob at a Palmdale concert as they hurled racial slurs — and no one has been arrested. This vicious hate crime was caught on video. We stand with Elijah’s family in demanding accountability.

A recent neo-Nazi rally in Columbus, Ohio drew national attention—but it was just one of dozens that increasingly emboldened white power groups have held this year.

Crazy that no Haitian immigrants are killing pets but conservatives definitely are

Trump now proposes to deport LEGAL immigrants from Haiti. And he won’t stop there. One of the most chilling words in Project 2025? “Denaturalization.” That’s right. They want to STRIP citizenship from immigrants who’ve become American citizens. THAT is the Trump platform.

A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a months long standoff over dress code policy The student has already spent over 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom school racism

The SPLC is designating October as #HateCrimesAwarenessMonth and will conduct an annual campaign to alert the public, advocates, policymakers and politicians to the problem of hate crimes. We also will press for action to prevent them.

The SPLC and other organizations that study hate and extremism have long warned about the connections between angry political debate and resulting extremist violence. Words matter. Words have consequences.

We say gay. We read banned books. And we will continue to defend our students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach.

A teacher in Texas is on administrative leave after telling students “deep down in my heart, I am ethnocentric, which means I think my race is the superior one”

Ye’s antisemitic comments spark outrage, fear