Organizations that track hate crimes have seen a rise in reports since the presidential election. The Southern Poverty Law Center has released two reports on hate-motivated incidents since the election. The first reveals that the center documented nearly 900 such incidents, many on college campuses, in the 10 days following the election of Donald J. Trump as president.
The second reveals that in a survey of 10,000 educators, largely at elementary and secondary schools, 90 percent said that their institution’s climate had been negatively affected by the election.
Many of the episodes, on campuses and off, involved references to President-elect Donald J. Trump. Here’s the latest:
December 6, 2016
Racist and anti-Semitic posters continue to crop up on campuses across the country. The latest is the University of Chicago, where fliers featuring a photo of Adolf Hitler and the words “No Degeneracy, No Tolerance, Hail Victory” were found on Monday. The Chicago Tribune reported that a neo-Nazi group had taken credit for the posters.
