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Reports of racist attacks rise after Donald Trump's win
Victims take to social media to recount physical and verbal abuse as rights groups call on president-elect to act.
Al Jazeera Staff
Reports of racist attacks rise after Donald Trump's win
Victims take to social media to recount physical and verbal abuse as rights groups call on president-elect to act.
Al Jazeera Staff
- Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the US during his campaign. He also promised to build a wall to block Mexicans from entering the country.
Rights groups have said that they are concerned about the future. Many believe the election of Trump, a former reality TV star who was endorsed by far-right groups and politicians, might legitimise outward racism and physical violence.
Among Trump's main supporters, and some of the first to wish him well in his new role, are the far-right European leaders such as France's Marine Le Pen, who heads the National Front; Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister; and Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who believes Muslim immigration should be halted.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), America's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation, on Thursday called on Trump to "repudiate alleged attacks on Muslim students at universities in Louisiana and California reportedly by some of his supporters".
For its part, Human Rights Watch said Trump should "abandon campaign rhetoric that seemed to reject many of the United States’ core human rights obligations".
"He found a path to the White House through a campaign marked by misogyny, racism, and xenophobia, but that’s not a route to successful governance. President-elect Trump should commit to leading the US in a manner that fully respects and promotes human rights for everyone," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.
Here are some of the social media posts detailing racist attacks that have taken place since Tuesday, when tens of millions turned out to vote for the 70-year-old:
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Nancy Leong
✔@nancyleong
Went running earlier & a guy yelled "built the wall" at me from his car. Guessing he saw a brown woman at a distance & assumed I was Latina.
12:07 PM - 10 Nov 2016- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=796761192098332672
1,8151,815 Retweets
1,8701,870 likes
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Yarden Katz @yardenkatz
My letter to @USPS about what I witnessed today in Cambridge, Massachusetts. #Trump
5:46 PM - 9 Nov 2016- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=796484016128069632
5,5785,578 Retweets
4,3184,318 likes
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Ahmed Koala @akothawalaa
To all the people that say Trumps rhetoric does not affect people, a Muslim girl got attacked and mugged today at SDSU. Please stay safe.
9:13 PM - 9 Nov 2016- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=796536200265748480
6,2146,214 Retweets
4,8884,888 likes
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Sarah A. Harvard
✔@amyharvard_
Not even 24 hours yet. My friend's sister, who is Muslim, had a knife pulled on her by a Trump supporter while on the bus by UIUC campus.
3:31 PM - 9 Nov 2016- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=796450126546030592
28,26728,267 Retweets
27,99327,993 likes
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Pam Howell @BookaliciousPam
San Jose State University sent an email that a woman had her hijab ripped off by a white male with such force it choked her as she fell
9:08 PM - 9 Nov 2016- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=796535023461629952
2,3182,318 Retweets
1,3031,303 likes
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bye @Palestixian
Guys, a trump supporter tried pulling off my hijab... This is not a joke anymore, all non-whites have become targets. Stay safe
2:16 PM - 9 Nov 2016- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=796431281865097216
19,73619,736 Retweets
16,68016,680 likes
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Shaun King
✔@ShaunKing
Parents at Shasta High School in Redding California just wrote me and said white kids brought "deportation letters" for Latino students.
11:40 AM - 10 Nov 2016- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=796754379370102784
4,5514,551 Retweets
2,3832,383 likes
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Shaun King
✔@ShaunKing
White Students in DeWitt, Michigan formed a physical wall of students to block Latino kids from entering the school
This is from a parent.
1:52 PM - 10 Nov 2016- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=796787715450793985
8,3788,378 Retweets
5,1945,194 likes
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Mehreen Kasana
✔@mehreenkasana
I have a scarf on. Passed by someone on the platform today and he says, "Your time's up, girlie."
8:50 AM - 9 Nov 2016
Source: Al Jazeera News
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