Hate violence poses a serious threat to California communities. In every region of the state, incidents have occurred in which racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities have been harassed, intimidated, assaulted and even murdered. In some communities, acts motivated by bigotry have sparked widespread community disruption.
Anti-Defamation League: Anti-Semitic incidents continue to decrease in the nation, state
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With Criminal Case Closed, Justice Department Will Restart Hate Crime Inquiry
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Sunday that it was restarting its investigation into the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin to consider possible separate hate crime charges against George Zimmerman.
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Facebook to crack down on hate speech
The firm responds to a campaign urging it to remove posts that promote violence against women.
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O.C. hate crimes fall; attacks based on sexual orientation rise
The Orange County Human Relations Commission reported 61 hate crimes, a drop of 21% from the year before. But crimes involving sexual orientation nearly doubled.
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Agoura High School students targeted in racist graffiti
Authorities are investigating racist graffiti found at Agoura High School, including a “hit list” targeting African American students, they said Thursday.
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Racist graffiti reported at Agoura High School
Two incidents of racist graffiti targeting African-American students at Agoura High School were being investigated today as hate crimes, officials said.
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UCI vows action after black student is targeted with racist note
UC Irvine’s chancellor on Tuesday pledged to find and discipline whoever slipped a racist note into a black female student’s backpack last week.
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We’re #1 in Twitter Hate! Report Says OC is Region With Highest Number of Racist/Homophobic Tweets in America
All I know about Humboldt State is that it’s a stoner campus–wait, that’s Chico State. Or is it Sonoma State? To be honest with you, I have no idea who or what is a Humboldt State. But they’ve gained in Internet prominence in the past couple of years for something called the Geography of Hate,
For Muslims, bad memories and new worries
There are few Muslims in the small northeast Ohio town where Karen lives with her Palestinian American husband and their five children.
In a region where Amish and Mennonite women cover themselves, Karen and her 20-year-old daughter, Amanda, find the occasional rude remark about their head scarves more puzzling than annoying.
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Racist Incidents Stun Campus and Halt Classes at Oberlin
OBERLIN, Ohio — Oberlin College, known as much for ardent liberalism as for academic excellence, canceled classes on Monday and convened a “day of solidarity” after the latest in a monthlong string of what it called hate-related incidents and vandalism.
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