It’s worse than I thought. In yesterday’s blog, I expressed my concern for the increase in hate crimes against a particular group, Muslims. Now I’ve learned that acts of hatred and bigotry are increasing toward many groups, and increasing very quickly. You can Google it for yourself, but here’s a summary.
Since the election there have been 437 cases of racist vandalism, harassment, and intimidation. Just since last Friday–less than a week ago–the number of such incidents nationwide has doubled, bringing it to four times more than any average week. They are anti-Jewish, anti-Mexican, anti-immigrant, and others. They contain swastikas and tweets about “Mud Men” and signs like “Trump Nation Whites Only.”
Trump has told his supporters to stop it. But, in post-election furor, after 1+ years of having their prejudices and fears played upon during the campaigns, they aren’t listening to him.
I encourage Trump to try harder to quell this disgraceful, demeaning, dehumanizing, nation-damaging tumult. More than that, I urge all of us to regain our senses and realize that this is a momentum that WE have to stop!