Hatewatch Headlines 4/12/18
Target fires an employee accused of putting racist cards in diaper boxes; a white nationalist wants to succeed retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan; a black comedian responds to a racist heckler, and more.
: As director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Scott Lloyd has 鈥渨eaponized his religious beliefs鈥� to usher a new era of 鈥渁nti-choice fanaticism鈥� into the U.S. immigration system.
: The anti-人兽性交 group MassResistance has added Peter LaBarbera, the founder of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, to its staff.
: New study finds Trump supporters consume largest volume of junk news on Facebook and Twitter.
: An intoxicated white woman at a Utah comedy club yells a racist slogan at a black comedian who tells the wait staff to quit serving her liquor.
: Paul Nehlen, self-described as 鈥減ro-white,鈥� is now the leading Republican candidate in Wisconsin to replace retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan.
:聽A white nationalist with past ties to the neo-Nazi National Alliance and KKK leader David Duke has filed for a school board position in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
: An analysis shows Republican officials in 49 states have openly attacked Muslims with words and proposed legislation since 2015, with few repercussions.
:聽The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at California Polytechnic State University is facing sanctions after its members dressed as gang members, including one in blackface.
:聽Reddit鈥檚 CEO Steve Huffman says his website鈥檚 rules don鈥檛 prohibit open racism, including slurs.
: Turning Point USA raises funds from Fox News segments about 鈥渘uttiness on college campuses.鈥�
: Targets fires one of its employees accused of putting 鈥淚t's Okay To Be White鈥� cards in diaper boxes distributed nationwide.
: Filmmaker Spike Lee's聽BlacKkKlansman聽will open in U.S. theaters on Aug. 10, the first anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
