One of the nation’s most-prolific anti-Muslim leaders wasted no time seizing on the tragic murder of Shaima Alawadi. Pamela Geller wrote the following on her blog: Color me skeptical on this “hate crime” of the brutal murder of a Muslim … Continued
Hatred
Another Lesson from #OWS: why we need to pay attention to our opponents
by Christina Antonakos-Wallace Over the last four and a half months, the Occupy Wall Street movement has grown from a small protest in New York’s Financial District to an international movement targeting systemic economic injustice across industries and institutions. For … Continued
Immigration
STORM WARNING: A Special Account of Anti-Immigrant Violence
by Diane C. Today, the Center for New Community, a national civil rights organization, released a powerful account of anti-immigrant violence in America. The report titled “Storm Warning” is an intense and sweeping narrative centered on the anti-immigrant activity of … Continued
News
Cross-Post: Islamophobia on Trial
Dutch politican Geert Wilders goes on trial in Amsterdam tomorrow. Wilders is facing charges of incitement to hatred, discrimination against Muslims and insulting Moroccans and other non-Western foreigners. Huffington Post reports: AMSTERDAM — Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders appealed for … Continued
Politics
Fear Resonates in the Eyes of Arizona’s Latino Residents
The following article is one of a series of accounts from students who recently returned from Arizona. They were part of a delegation that spent a week touring the state amid the enactment of controversial law SB 1070. The Center … Continued
David Duke Calls for a Boycott of this Summer’s World Cup
By Tom Dunmore For the hundreds of millions of people around the world who will watch the FIFA World Cup this summer in South Africa on television, and for the vast majority of the hundreds of thousands traveling to see … Continued
Culture
Exhibit Provides Opportunity to Understand Race
www.understandingrace.org By Katie Irwin A few months ago I came across an exhibit about race by the American Anthropological Association and the Science Museum of Minnesota. It explains the realities and myths surrounding race, and how the concept has evolved … Continued
Politics
Arizona’s Crisis Needs a Nation to Respond
What happens when one county in a nation of thousands is crippled by hatred? Is it merely an unfortunate reality in a city far far away? Or is it a prelude, a symptom of something more sinister that affects us … Continued
Race – not an issue of the past
Race – it’s a concept, a word, a phenomenon, an identifying factor, and an issue which has spanned many centuries and knows no geographic borders. Often, what comes to mind when people think of race in the U.S. is slavery … Continued
Parades in Northern Ireland: A Veiled Excuse to Spread Hate
Sunday in Belfast, Northern Ireland a parade was held for local British troops returning from tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Talk about the parade has dominated the Irish and English news over the past week because of the … Continued