Across the United States, from middle schools and high schools to colleges and universities, students of color, women students, LGBTIQ students, Muslim and Jewish students and others report outbursts of intimidation, threat, and abuse. To no one’s surprise, a campaign based on white supremacy, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia, ableism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, all held together by lies, hatred and violence, has resulted in intensified and expanded violence. Violence against people of color, women, immigrants, LGBTIQ persons, Jews, Muslims, others, has always been a part of the American landscape, but the current iterations were triggered and authorized by the man who would be President, and until he does more than perform business-as-usual non-penance, he is not my President.
Here’s part of the current list, and it’s partial by too many degrees:
At Texas State University in San Marcos, threatening fliers called for the “arrest and torture” of university leaders who promote “diversity garbage”.
At San Jose State University in California, a Muslim woman told police that she had been grabbed by her hijab and choked.
At San Diego State University, a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf was attacked.
At Wellesley College, Black student organizations report that Trump supporters nearby Babson College spat at a black female student.
At York County School of Technology in York, Pennsylvania, high school students carried a Trump sign and yelled “white power” as they walked through the hall on Wednesday.
Students at Royal Oak Middle School in Royal Oak, Michigan, chanted “Build the wall” in the cafeteria on Wednesday.
In Utah, schools from elementary through high school are reporting incidents of Latino and Latina students being harassed and told to “go back to Mexico.”
This is happening in schools across the United States. This is our new no child left behind.
A week before the election, Charles Blow admonished, “Trump is an existential threat.” Existential, not ideological. When the election results became clear, David Remnick warned, “In the coming days, commentators will attempt to normalize this event.” They were both right, right as Cassandra. And so, “thoughtful” discussions of the current “situation” intone phrases like “primal scream” and “better a plan than a direct action”, ad nauseam.
Meanwhile, Denise Cervantes is a Latina student who writes for the student newspaper at Texas State University in San Marcos. The other day, a male student wearing a Trump 2016 shirt spat at her and told her she did not belong there anymore. Denise Cervantes reflects, “I didn’t realize that it would get this bad all of a sudden”. It has. The time to make America decent is now.
(Photo Credit: Huffington Post / Reuters / Patrick Fallon)
Indians are finding themselves besieged in America https://qz.com/925093/first-kansas-then-kent-washington-indians-are-finding-themselves-besieged-in-donald-trumps-america/
Sikh Coalition: After Seattle attack we are vigilant http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/03/sikh-coalition-seattle-attack-vigilant-170305182241075.html
Hate Crimes in US Are Rising, Particularly in Big Cities http://www.voanews.com/a/us-hate-crimes-rising-particularly-in-big-cities/3756604.html
In an Angry and Fearful Nation, an Outbreak of Anti-Semitism https://www.propublica.org/article/in-an-angry-and-fearful-nation-an-outbreak-of-anti-semitism
‘Go back to your country, terrorist’: Man accused of attacking restaurant employee with a pipe https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/03/12/get-out-of-america-man-charged-with-hate-crime-after-attacking-restaurant-employee-with-a-pipe/
Rise in hate crimes spurs launch of database and hotline http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/13/hate-crimes-incidents-database-hotline-lawyers-services-trump/99095440/
A man assumed a store’s Indian owners were Muslim. So he tried to burn it down, police say. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/03/12/police-man-started-dumpster-fire-to-run-the-arabs-out-of-our-country-the-victims-were-indian/
In Georgia, reaction to KKK banner is a sign of the times
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-northern-georgia-a-kkk-banner-seemed-to-some-a-sign-of-the-times/2017/03/12/de5a3518-05bd-11e7-b9fa-ed727b644a0b_story.html
White-supremacist signs posted at George Washington University https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/03/13/white-supremacist-signs-posted-at-george-washington-university/
White supremacism is ready to roar https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/white-supremacism-is-ready-to-roar/2017/03/13/883e7570-082b-11e7-b77c-0047d15a24e0_story.html
U.S. Hate Crimes up 20 Percent in 2016 Fueled by Election Campaign-Report https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-03-13/us-hate-crimes-up-20-percent-in-2016-fueled-by-election-campaign-report
Wave of Vandalism, Violence Hits LGBTQ Centers Across Nation http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/wave-vandalism-violence-hits-lgbtq-centers-across-nation-n732761
Seattle Synagogue Hit With Hate Graffiti, But Leaves It Up To Spark Discussion
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/03/14/seattle-synagogue-hit-hate-graffiti-leaves-it-spark-discussion
Church window shattered days after hosting transgender town hall http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/03/transgender_town_hall_church.html
SE Portland homes, garages, sidewalks vandalized with swastika graffiti http://katu.com/news/local/se-portland-homes-garages-sidewalks-vandalized-with-swastika-graffiti
Across the Country, Reports of Swastika Graffiti https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/swastikas
Some major U.S. cities saw a significant spike in reported hate crime in 2016 https://news.vice.com/story/some-major-u-s-cities-saw-a-significant-spike-in-reported-hate-crime-in-2016
Man breaks into Arizona mosque, desecrates copies of Quran http://abcnews.go.com/US/man-breaks-arizona-mosque-rips-copies-quran/story?id=46136223
Nazis Thrown Out Of Portland’s Lucky Lab Beer Hall http://www.wweek.com/news/2017/03/15/video-nazis-thrown-out-of-portlands-lucky-lab-beer-hall/
Everywhere You Look, Americans Are Spreading Hate http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/everywhere-you-look-americans-are-spreading-hate_us_58cd3ec6e4b00705db4fe0e2
A Fifth of Hate Crimes Reported Done in Trump’s Name, Researchers Say https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/a-fifth-of-hate-crimes-reported-done-in-trumps-name-researchers-say
Leader of group widely identified as anti-Muslim meets with White House https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/21/act-for-america-brigitte-gabriel-muslim-white-house-meeting
Hateful acts may be rising, but will court cases follow? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/hateful-acts-may-be-rising-but-will-court-cases-follow/2017/03/23/15b8b454-08e7-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html
I wrote about being a child on Medicaid. A reader called me the N-word. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/get-there/i-wrote-about-being-a-child-on-medicaid-a-reader-called-me-the-n-word/2017/03/24/72e1ddd0-0dd4-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html
‘Why would anybody do this?’ Immigrants unsettled by Tri-City incidents http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article140824713.html
[…] Since the November elections, across the United States, from middle schools and high schools to colleges and universities, people of color, women, LGBTIQ persons, Muslims, Jews and others report outbursts of intimidation, threat, and abuse. To no one’s surprise, a campaign based on white supremacy, racism, xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia, ableism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, sutured by lies, hatred and violence, has engendered intensified and expanded violence, but violence against people of color, women, immigrants, LGBTIQ persons, Jews, Muslims, people with disabilities, workers, others, is not the whole story. Individuals, organizations and communities across the country are engaging in acts of kindness and campaigns for inclusive justice. Here’s the story of what happened over the weekend in the leafy Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia. Call it a verse of the Parable of Memorial Day 2017. […]
Hate in America is on the rise https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hate-in-america-is-on-the-rise/2017/11/25/33808364-c94d-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html