Hatewatch Headlines 10/30/2017
Attack on interracial couple under investigation; Millions buy into racist myth about blacks; Gillespie complains about being linked to white nationalists; and more.
Tennessean: Altercation between White Lives Matter supporters and interracial couple in Brentwood under police investigation.
USA Today: Religious leaders denounce White Lives Matter, warning ‘This movement is evil.’
AlterNet: How millions of white Americans have bought into a racist myth about black America.
Oregonian: ‘Black identity extremists’ join Portland protesters under Homeland Security’s domestic terrorist list.
Mother Jones: You can’t back white nationalist shrines and then complain when you’re linked to white nationalists, Ed Gillespie.
Vice: Self-proclaimed ‘ex-gay’ man now leading ‘Catholic alt-right’ movement, the Church Militant.
Media Matters: CNN contributor Ed Martin co-authored book suggesting non-European immigrants can’t have American values.
Kansas City Star (MO): Racially fueled Ozarks melee involves a ‘No Mexican crossin’ sign, pigs, and ‘a guy they call Fluffy.’
Think Progress: Reddit may have banned white nationalists from its website, but the battle is far from over.
The Hill: Milo Yiannopoulos no longer attending Phoenix event after venues declined to host him.
CBS News: Tennessee woman, ACLU win appeal in ‘white supremacist’ defamation lawsuit.
Right Wing Watch: Matt Barber cites hoax news story in order to link LGBT activists to pedophilia.
Salon: Driver plows into pro-immigration protesters in California’s Orange County.
Reveal News: How Trump is expanding the government’s secret deportation weapon in its anti-immigration push.
The Root: Two teens in rural Georgia arrested, charged with plotting terrorist attack on their high school.
Seattle Times: Free-speech expert advises letting divisive speakers like Richard Spencer talk, but set ground rules.
