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Do not be Complacent in the Face of Hate
The hurtful acts
emboldened by
an election
M arc h. M orial
The
day
after
Trump was elected
the 45th president of
the United States of
America, a group of
middle school students
in Royal Oak, Mich.,
chanted, “Build the wall” in their
school cafeteria during lunchtime
— a core Trump campaign slogan
and promise to secure our nation’s
border with Mexico.
On Nov. 9, Minnesota high
school officials discovered rac-
ist graffiti and Trump rhetoric
scrawled in a boy’s bathroom. The
graffiti included #Gobacktoafri-
ca, #Whitesonly and the Trump
campaign’s rallying cry to “Make
America Great Again.”
Only a day after Trump became
our country’s President-elect, a
woman in New York City, who
was wearing a hijab, was told by
a man on the subway, “Your time
is up, girlie.” The president-elect’s
campaign was no stranger to stir-
ring anti-Muslim sentiment. As
by
a candidate, Trump repeatedly
called for a complete ban on Mus-
lims entering the United States.
When confronted with reports
of these hate crimes and harass-
ment during an interview on “60
Minutes,” Trump said, “I
am so saddened to hear
that,” adding, ‘’And I say,
stop it. If it, if it helps, I will
say this and I will say right
to the cameras: Stop it.” If
only it were that easy, Pres-
ident-elect Trump.
What candidate Trump will-
fully disregarded, and would not
denounce, during his quest for the
White House, President Trump
will soon have to grapple with in
our freshly divided nation: You
cannot court those mired in racist,
misogynist or homophobic ideol-
ogy—tacitly endorse and legiti-
mize hate—then expect to put the
deplorables back in the basket.
Since Election Day, there has
been a disheartening spike in hate
crimes and harassment. The surge
in hate crimes is even more hor-
rifying when you recognize that
these acts of violence and hate
are being done in the name of the
President-elect, and by individu-
als invoking his campaign’s divi-
sive rhetoric.
According to the Southern Pov-
erty Law Center, which has been
keeping a running tally of these
crimes through “Hatewatch,”
there have been more than 400
incidents of hate, harassment and
intimidation following the elec-
tion. The reports were collected
from social media, news reports
and from direct submissions to the
SPLC’s #ReportHate page.
We must report these crimes
and hateful incidents. Help the
Southern Poverty Law Center
monitor these incidents to create
the database and evidence that
bears out our worst fear: That
while America might feel great
again for some, it has become ap-
pallingly unsafe for others.
Be sure to report hate crimes
to your local authorities first. You
can also file complaints with the
U.S. Department of Justice Civil
Rights Division online or contact
the agency at 202-514-4609. The
post-Election Day uptick in hate
crimes has pushed some states to
take matters into their own hands.
In New York, the city’s district at-
torneys released a joint statement
indicating that bias crimes have
become more commonplace since
Election Day, and in response, the
state has launched a hotline to re-
port potential hate crimes with the
Division of Human Rights.
But in the midst of our division,
our nation always gives me reason
to hope. Recently, a Baylor Univer-
sity sophomore was walking to her
class when she says another student,
“sort of shoved me off the sidewalk
and he said…no n-----s allowed on
the sidewalk. Another student saw
the incident and confronted the at-
tacker, who responded that he was
“just trying to make America great
again.” Two days later, 300 school-
mates, teachers and school admin-
istrators walked that sophomore to
class to keep her safe.
As our nation awaits the transi-
tion to a Trump administration, we
must not become complacent in
the face of hate. We must report it,
remain vigilant, and like the peo-
ple at Baylor University, become
our brother’s keeper.
If Trump is going to be the
president for all Americans he
promised to be in his acceptance
speech, he must do more than ask
those emboldened by his rhetoric
to stop acting on his words—he
needs to unequivocally denounce
these crimes and acts of hate.
Marc H. Morial is president
and chief executive officer of the
National Urban League.