Hatewatch Headlines 9/21/2018
‘Christian persecution,’ white power’s new disguise; Facebook reviews policy on white nationalism; Why do racists keep joining the GOP? And more.
Political Research Associates: The new Southern Strategy: How ‘Christian persecution’ became white supremacy’s newest disguise.
Motherboard: Facebook is reviewing its policy on white nationalism after article spurs civil rights backlash.
Washington Post: Why do all these racists keeping joining the Republican cause?
Denver Post: ‘It’s not something we can ignore anymore’: White supremacist, extremist activity on rise in Colorado.
SF Weekly: Free speech or hate speech? A spate of antisemitic incidents in the Bay Area reflect national trends.
Boston Globe: That hand signal you’re seeing everywhere? It’s not OK.
Dallas Morning News: Trump likely to undo Obama-era transgender prisoner policy, ending Texas court battle.
Daily Beast: Trump’s rally opener, Wayne Allyn Root, is a conspiracy theorist who thinks Vegas shooter was ISIS.
Politico: Meet Lee Cisna, the man behind Trump’s anti-immigrant ‘invisible wall.’
Miami New Times (FL): DeSantis’ wife appeared alongside Obama ‘birther’ at South Florida anti-Muslim event.
PBS: Controversial Virginia candidate questions whether the white-nationalist movement actually exists.
Mother Jones: Rep. Dana Rohrbacher endorses local candidate with a history of racist conspiracism.
New York Times: After accusations of racism, sheriff of New Jersey’s Bergen County is urged to quit.
Texas Observer: The Border Patrol serial killer is part of a long, troubled history of the ‘green monster.’
AL.com: Alabama’s Dinosaur Adventure World teaches that evolution is ‘dumbest religion in the history of the world.’
Miami Herald (FL): Sovereign citizen pulled over, charged after deputy spots her phony license plates.
WAFB-TV (Baton Rouge, LA): Man who started fight with Latino family at grocery store charged with hate crime.
WSIU-FM (Carbondale, IL): White supremacist ‘Creativity’ fliers at John Logan College create stir.
