No Images? Click here Even though most Americans say they oppose white supremacists, many seem to share their views: Almost one third of Americans in a recent poll said “America must protect & preserve its White European heritage.”So it will come as a shocker to no one really that hate crimes have gone up in the Trump era. As Jewish Americans celebrate the first high holidays since Trump's election, synagogues are increasing security.Meanwhile, after ESPN's Jemele Hill got backlash for tweeting that Trump was a white supremacist, Twitter came to her defense: People tweeted under hashtag #NaziBucketChallenge, things like: “I'm a military veteran, a proud Texan, and I'm calling Trump a white supremacist.”For the record, Ta-Nehisi Coates also said Trump might be a white supremacist — but now some black journalists have found themselves questioning just what they can and can't say publicly about race.In other news: Terrorist Dylann Roof tried, and failed, to dismiss his Indian and Jewish lawyers, calling them his “biological enemies.”On the upside, people are still doing their damnedest to fight white supremacy in ways big and small: These white women will respond to your racist trolls so you don’t have to. And this man teaches kids why the civil rights movement matters today, because “history could repeat itself.”White supremacy won't fall with just a few statues. Keep up with the story here.©2017 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 |
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