A woman who police pulled over for drink driving and speeding tried to convince officers that she shouldn’t be arrested as she’s a “very clean, thoroughbred, white girl.” Dashcam footage shows Lauren Elizabeth Cutshaw appearing to slur her words with bloodshot eyes when police asked her to blow into a breathalyser in Bluffton, South Carolina. Speaking to the arresting …
In post-election Italy, violent racist attacks becoming routine
In Naples, 32-year-old Senegalese street vendor Cisse Elhadji Diebel was about to collect his wares and go home, when he was shot three times by two strangers on a scooter by the central train station. One of the bullets hit his femur, for which he has undergone surgery. Another missed him. The third is now …
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German neo-Nazis launch hate campaign after Syrian boy dies
Swastikas have been daubed at the spot where a Syrian child was killed in an accident in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Local politicians condemned the graffiti, which is being investigated by police. The small town of Schönberg in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has become the scene of an ugly neo-Nazi hate campaign after a young boy …
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Syrian man brutally beaten in street ‘hate crime’ amid violent anti-migrant protests in Germany
A Syrian man has been brutally attacked in the German city of Wismar as clashes between anti-migrant demonstrators and counter-protesters sparked another night of violence. According to Rostock police, the 20-year-old was walking home when he was stopped by three German-speaking people who started hurling racial abuse at him. Two of the suspects hit him in the face …
Jewish-American anti-occupation activist detained at Israel border
The founder of an Jewish-American organisation that campaigns for Palestinian rights was detained for three hours on Aug. 5 evening at the crossing between Egypt and Israel. Simone Zimmerman, a Jewish-American activist, was held by Israeli security services at the Taba crossing in northern Sinai for at least three hours on Sunday evening. Zimmerman, who currently …
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Swedish TV program slammed for racist stereotyping Chinese
Chinese citizens, media and embassy blasted Sweden’s national broadcaster for “insulting China” during a late-night satirical talk show, which aired a segment filled with racist stereotypes that cast Chinese tourists as uncouth and distastefully ridiculed Chinese farmer culture. The Chinese Embassy in Sweden criticized the program, which aired on September 21 night, saying it “spread racism …
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Kosovo writer Jeton Neziraj receives a top EU award while being denied a visa to the EU
Kosovo writer Jeton Neziraj says receiving a top EU award – while being denied a visa to the EU – highlights Europe’s absurd policies towards his country. Kosovo playwright Jeton Neziraj’s recent “hero-to-zero” moment has highlighted the European Union’s inconsistent and odd policies towards Kosovo, he says. It has also underlined the importance of Kosovo securing …
High school textbooks in Texas blame Arab world for conflict with Israel
High school textbooks in Texas have blamed the Arab world for its conflict with Israel — and they will continue to do so following a review of the state’s public school curriculum. The Texas State Board of Education voted on September 21 to keep a social studies requirement that high school students learn that “Arab rejection …
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Texas superintendent resigns after “black quarterback” comment
A white Texas school superintendent who posted online that “You can’t count on a black quarterback” — in reference to Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson — has resigned. In a letter on September 22 to the Onalaska Independent School District board, Lynn Redden said his comment posted earlier in the week on the Houston Chronicle’s Facebook page was “wrong and …
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Far-right AfD second only to Angela Merkel’s weakening conservatives
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has overtaken the co-ruling Social Democrats (SPD) in voter popularity to become the second-strongest party behind Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, the Deutschlandtrend poll by public broadcaster ARD has shown on September 21. The AfD moved up two percentage points since the last survey on September 9, bringing it to 18 …
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