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Hate Crimes Against American Muslims Most Since Post-9/11 Era
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victreeb3l
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Muslims are also the most unpopular group in the US as well. Checkmate, atheists, we're #1.
Its been a real shitshow the last year or so. Thanks Trump.
Its been a real shitshow the last year or so. Thanks Trump.
cryptosporidium
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technically us arabs/of arab descent arent all muslim and perpetuating that notion probably just leads to further discrimination.
edit: I wonder how americans think of Sikh's. I imagine a lot of unjust hatred based solely on the turban, any amerigaffers have any anecdotals?
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There was a mass shooting at a Sikh Temple a few years ago.
Dubbedinenglish
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No need for anecdotes it's a statement of fact. Hence why a lot of the anti-Islam people are covering for being racist against brown people.
victreeb3l
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Sikhs get a lot of shit unfairly. There was a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin a few years ago by a white supremacist IIRC.
cryptosporidium
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did the perps think they were muslim?
People are probably going to blame Trump for incendiary rhetoric and the media for amplifying it instead of dealing with the real problem - the head Muslim, Obama. If he were exorcised or bound in silver chains, the other Muslims would turn back into Christians.
This is awful. I assume a similar sharp rise in anti Muslim hate crime in Europe too. Politicians blanket statements about muslims that suffer daily due to their irresponsible and hateful speech is extremely popular unfortunately, there's a large portion of hateful individuals that feel it's thier right to be racist/xenophobic. It was never this bad, not when I was growing up, didn't fear for Muslim women walking to the store or going to work, it's always in the back of my mind.
Muslim families accept to being targeted as part of everyday life, which is sad. Abuse on the street, delay at airports (writing in Arabic is apparently enough to kick you off flights), discrimination at work.
Muslim families accept to being targeted as part of everyday life, which is sad. Abuse on the street, delay at airports (writing in Arabic is apparently enough to kick you off flights), discrimination at work.
DiipuSurotu
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Anti-Black: 1103 incidents
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DragonSworne
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America really needs to crack down on hate speech starting with Trump. I hope his ass finds a place in prison soon.
RevolverRoden
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"Islamaphobia isn't real"
Baron von Loathsome
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Christ, a 200% increase in anti-Arab hate crimes. Granted, that's the second-smallest number of the lot, but that's still a disturbing statistic. And you can be sure many of those overlap with anti-Muslim crimes.
There are quite a lot of black people in this country but it is still deplorable. Over five times what Latinos get. Look at the Jewish number though compared to their population.
isis deserve a little credit i think... maybe a lot
Rudelord
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No one is going to jail for saying hateful things, nor should it be illegal, even if it is not currently socially acceptable. The fact you think this should be a thing is quite alarming.
Putting your hands on someone though? Cuff 'em.
DontBeThatGuy
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I have a feeling it will rise for many minorities, like those being considered for mass deportation or "self-deportation".
This shit is disturbing to think about.
Hate speech incites people to commit violent acts, though.
Trump and the recent Anti-trans political movement demonstrates this.
When your free speech incites the marginalization of a group of people, that's not freedom.
Rudelord
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Welcome to the very ugly side of freedom of speech. You can't claim it's free if you intend to limit what is heard under the banner of 'hate speech', no matter how vile it is.
Anyway, this isn't really the topic. This is about people who harmed other people physically, and that's definitely not okay.
Vermillion
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Jimmy Fallon's job isn't to talk politics, though. Totally appropriate to deal with Trump as he did.
Isis is way "less" Muslim than Al Qaeda and didn't take down the twin towers. Trump fanned this shit. Our collective paranoia and ignorance did the rest.
Lys Skygge
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Trump enabled these deplorable people.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Absolutely, that's why I mentioned it.
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Thanks, ISIS. Thanks, Trump.
Aaronology
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No, he's quite on point. Fallon humanizing the same person who is himself legitimizing and tacitly encouraging the hate that leads to these numbers is part of the problem.
Who decides what hate speech is?
It may seem all well and good to limit free speech to exclude hate speech but you have to keep in mind that the party in control of such laws may not always see things the way you do. Let us say you want to grant the government the right to dictate hate speech, but then someone like Trump comes along and his cronies work their way into elected positions as well. Do you want such a group creating laws where speaking out against whites or Christianity is hate speech, while allowing loop holes to denigrate minorities?
Speech needs to remain free regardless of the bad that comes along with it. Power changes hands all too often and it is better that more nefarious individuals are not allowed to control what is said.
We need less leaders who are hateful bigots and racists.
Unfortunately that seems to be the way the wind is blowing in most western nations.
Im amazed some people in the other thread don't see a problem with it.
Trump is a pretty simple scapegoat for this, but how do you explain the corresponding rises in hate crimes against muslims in Europe (UK, for example: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34995431)?
Probably has more to do with ISIS and the attacks carried out in their name. Trump isn't helping though, sure.
You'll blame Farage, I guess.
Probably has more to do with ISIS and the attacks carried out in their name. Trump isn't helping though, sure.
excelsiorlef
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Brexit in the UK.
Right wing racist political parties using refugee crisis to spread hate in Europe
Used to know a Sikh in HS. Everyone thought he was chill, he was chill, he still is chill. This was during the recession, but never heard of him ever having a problem.
ISIS has been prominent since 2013. Charlie Hebdo and Batalan were well over a year ago.
Skellig Gra
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Let's give a little credit to actual Islamist terrorists too
Paris attack was November last year so 10 months ago. Brussels was more recent. Multiple Istanbul attacks. Nice car attack. Orlando nightclub. Countless see stuff in the middle east.
They hate anything with brown skin.
Razgriz-Specter
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I know it only takes basic common sense to understand but I wish in America we got to see more Muslims in a good or even just normal light.
I have a Muslim co-worker who went through this huge conversation about how much it hurts that not only do terrorists hijack their religion and make so many believe a certain way about it but they kill people in the name of that religion.
Almost all you ever see is bad shit on tv and such, so when idiots come across them on a rare occasion they obviously discriminate.
I have a Muslim co-worker who went through this huge conversation about how much it hurts that not only do terrorists hijack their religion and make so many believe a certain way about it but they kill people in the name of that religion.
Almost all you ever see is bad shit on tv and such, so when idiots come across them on a rare occasion they obviously discriminate.
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