Hatewatch Headlines 2/17/15

February 17, 2015

Hatewatch Staff

Raw Story: Mississippi lawmaker says calling blacks violent and crazy isn’t racist, it’s ‘just a way of talking.’

DiversityInc: Police officer who assaulted 57-year-old Indian grandfather arrested, will be fired from Madison, AL, force.

Think Progress: Rhode Island Muslim school vandalized with racist graffiti: ‘Now This is a Hate Crime’.

Right Wing Watch: Rick Wiles warns that Muslim ‘avengers’ will destroy America, thanks to abortion rights and Obamacare.

Salon: The right’s border-security farce, and why it won’t address any of the issues around immigration.

The Great War Blog: A look back at ‘Birth of a Nation,’ the most racist film ever made, and its lingering historical effects.

Huffington Post: Indiana man says he got ‘riled up’ by Fox News before torching Muslim mosque.

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