After Trump’s victory of last week, as incidents of racial intimidation started to become more commonplace across the United States, some on the left began wearing safety pins as a sign of solidarity with members of those communities most at risk that. [This practice, for what it’s worth, was borrowed from British progressives, who began […]
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Does this safety pin make you feel unwelcome or unsafe?
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged #NotMyCampus, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim violence, Brexit, bullying, crime, Donald Trump, England, false equivalence, fascism, hate, Muslim, Muslim women, racial intimidation, safety pins, slashing, University of Michigan, violence, white nationalism | 107 Comments
Before you thank Trump for finally telling the violent racists emboldened by his victory to “Stop it,” you should know that he also announced his chief White House strategist would be Steve Bannon, the man who brought white nationalism into the mainstream with the alt-right
Since the election, as I’m sure you know, a number of non-white Americans have come forward to report instances of racial intimidation. Last night, Mark Fancher of the Michigan ACLU, who was one of my guests on the Saturday Six Pack, told us that, over the preceding 48 hours, his office had received an “avalanche” […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACLU, Breitbart News, Build the Wall, Donald Trump, hate speech, Lesley Stahl, Mark Fancher, race baiting, racial intimidation, racism, responsibility, rhetoric, Stephen Bannon, Steve Bannon, University of Michigan, white nationalism, white nationalist | 40 Comments