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U.S. Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism. Now They Don’t Know How to Stop It.
(Story quotes CAHRO’s Brian Levin)

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-11-05T09:28:36+00:00 November 5th, 2018|Extremism, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

The first indication to Lt. Dan Stout that law enforcement’s handling of white supremacy was broken came in September 2017, as he was sitting in an emergency-operations center in Gainesville, Fla., preparing for the onslaught of Hurricane Irma and watching what felt like his thousandth YouTube video of the recent violence

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Right-wing groups are recruiting students to target teachers

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-10-30T08:37:04+00:00 October 30th, 2018|Education, Extremism, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

When the threatening letters started to arrive, Albert Ponce stopped letting his daughter touch the mail.

Ponce, a political science professor at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area, and his wife didn’t know how to explain to their 9-year-old that her father was receiving death threats. “Only Mom and Dad can touch the

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California white supremacists vowed to ‘reimagine’ racist movements with new look and secretive tactics

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-10-25T08:56:00+00:00 October 25th, 2018|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

From the beginning, the founders of the so-called Rise Above Movement had a goal: to reinvent what it meant to be a white nationalist.

Members of the Southern California group were instructed to blend in at political rallies with polo shirts, khakis and

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LA County sees spike in reported hate crimes against Latinos, blacks

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-10-19T09:32:52+00:00 October 19th, 2018|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

Hate crimes against black victims reported in Los Angeles County rose 15 percent last year after a significant decline the previous year, while crimes targeting Latinos rose 16 percent, according to a new report.

The number of total hate crimes reported in Los Angeles County rose 5 percent in 2017 to 508, according to the report

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Quoting CAHRO’s Brian Levin: ‘Swastikas in gift wrap’: NBC accused of helping white-nationalist group sanitize its racism

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-10-18T09:24:30+00:00 October 18th, 2018|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

NBC’s “Today” show ran a segment about a white nationalist group on Wednesday that seemed designed to raise concerns.

“We are telling this story to pull back the curtain so parents and college students are aware that these groups are out there,” correspondent Peter Alexander said before the segment, which was billed as “a

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Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-10-18T08:53:08+00:00 October 18th, 2018|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

Nowhere on the agenda of the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, being held in San Diego this week, is a topic plaguing many of its members: the recurring appropriation of the field’s research in the name of white supremacy.

“Sticking your neck out on political issues is difficult,”

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Education for All… Even a ‘Nazi’?

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-09-27T09:19:15+00:00 September 27th, 2018|Education, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

Marc Johnson can recall just three times in his life when the news changed everything: the Friday afternoon in November 1963 when John F. Kennedy was assassinated; the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001; and the Saturday night in August 2017 when he looked down at his phone and saw a wire-service

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ISLAMOPHOBIC INCIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE SKYROCKETED UNDER TRUMP

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-08-09T08:42:24+00:00 August 9th, 2018|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

Islamophobic incidents in California are skyrocketing under the administration of President Donald Trump, according to a report released Wednesday by the Council on American Islamic Relations advocacy group. Analysts say the sobering new numbers indicate how xenophobic rhetoric and policy from on high inspire hate at the grassroots level, even in a state like California,

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Hate crimes are down overall in Los Angeles this year, but violent hate crimes are trending up

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-08-08T08:50:26+00:00 August 8th, 2018|Hate Crimes|

After a few years of sharp double-digit increases, the city of Los Angeles saw hate crimes decline by 6.8 percent in the first half of 2018, according the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.

However, violent hate crimes bucked that overall drop, rising 8.3 percent, increasing from 72

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A year after Charlottesville, many white supremacists are keeping a lower profile

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-08-06T10:22:50+00:00 August 6th, 2018|Extremism, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

A year ago, white supremacists were ready for a big show of unity in Charlottesville.

Hundreds traveled to the city for a rally in support of their belief that white people are superior. But the gathering quickly became violent, and an anti-racism protester was killed when a car rammed into a crowd.

Since then, many supporters of

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