In his 17-month campaign for the presidency, Donald J. Trump was frequently lambasted for his associations with extremists. He met with right-wing radicals, spoke at their events, hired some of them, and even retweeted their propaganda. He seemed to go out of his way to avoid condemning racist activists and their ilk.
Just two days after Donald Trump's election, reports are coming in from across the nation suggesting a sharp rise in anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant attacks.
Today, we’re facing a new reality – a president-elect who has denigrated people because of their race, their religion, their ethnicity, their gender, and more.
Overnight, the radical right celebrated the election of Donald Trump whose campaign brought attention to their issues not seen in decades. Some even claimed that a white revolution had begun.
Analysis conducted by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch staff has found that when it comes to hate speech on Twitter, many of the most prominent and prolific associated hashtags stem from a small number of users on the far right whose content is retweeted by other users, massively amplifying what are otherwise niche views on the radical fringe.
The acquittal of Ammon and Ryan Bundy, along with five other members of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, has resonated through the antigovernment extremist movement in unsettling ways. And the Bundy family is warning the fight might not be over.
An SPLC analysis of Twitter activity in 2016 found that extremists drove the messaging behind Donald Trump's promise to build a wall on the border with Mexico.
Over the past month, a spate of race-based violence has spread across Mississippi.
Derek Black, whose father founded the hate forum Stormfront, changed his name, publicly rejected white nationalism and cashed in a bequest from a wealthy racist—all during one long weekend in July 2013.
A Southern Poverty Law Center analysis of extremist activity on Twitter related to the 2016 election found that Republican nominee Donald Trump’s allegations of a “rigged election” led to extreme growth in #DrainTheSwamp, which trended for two days.
