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2016 Postmortem

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still_one

(96,877 posts)
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 04:30 PM Dec 2016

Of course this election had nothing to do with racism. Its obvious [View all]

Michigan had highest number of bias crimes in Midwest post-election

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/01/michigan-bias-crimes-midwest-election/94744196/

Ohio interracial couple’s home trashed with swastikas and ‘white power’ slogans painted on it
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/ohio-interracial-couples-home-trashed-with-swastikas-and-white-power-slogans-painted-on-it/

‘Santa is WHITE. BOYCOTT Mall of America’: Online racists are having a meltdown over mall’s black Santa

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/santa-is-white-boycott-mall-of-america-online-racists-are-having-a-meltdown-over-malls-black-santa/

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/fbi-hate-crimes-muslims.html?_r=0

Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act
"“Our country has changed,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority. “While any racial discrimination in voting is too much, Congress must ensure that the legislation it passes to remedy that problem speaks to current conditions.”

The decision will have immediate practical consequences. Texas announced shortly after the decision that a voter identification law that had been blocked would go into effect immediately, and that redistricting maps there would no longer need federal approval. Changes in voting procedures in the places that had been covered by the law, including ones concerning restrictions on early voting, will now be subject only to after-the-fact litigation."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.html


http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/hate-on-the-rise-after-trumps-election

Nothing to see here, move along..........

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