The UK police are monitoring hundreds of thousands of Twitter posts containing hate speech every day to try to predict spikes in hate crime in the run up to Brexit Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332453-500-uk-police-are-using-ai-to-spot-spikes-in-brexit-related-hate-crimes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tag: Hate Crimes
White identity politics is about more than racism
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/26/18306125/white-identity-politics-trump-racism-ashley-jardina…
‘They Didn’t Burn Down Our Spirit’: Louisiana Black Churches Defiant Amid Fires
As the authorities investigated a series of blazes that destroyed three black churches, residents gathered Sunday with a mix of concern and defiance. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/us/louisiana-black-churches-fires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Poland’s Populists Pick a New Top Enemy: Gay People
With public concern about migration on the wane, the governing Law and Justice party is making opposition to gay rights a cornerstone of its campaigning. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/world/europe/poland-gay-rights.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Who Should Be Embarrassed?
If Jussie Smollett’s racists were imaginary, then conservatives can argue the racists we all see are imaginary. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/31/opinion/jussie-smollett-update.html?partner=rss&emc=rss