Category: Nativism in the News

Nativism in the News

Posted in Nativism in the News by Hatewatch Staff on May 13, 2008

[TN] Hate Crimes Against Hispanics Spiking In Tennessee
The Tennessean / May 10, 2008
As “illegal alien” for many people became synonymous with anyone Hispanic, the number of hate crimes targeting Hispanics in Tennessee more than doubled between 2006 and 2007.
[MO] FAIR-Backed Missouri Group Pushes Higher Education Ban
The Columbia Missourian / May 8, 2008
Missourians Against Illegal Immigration, [...]

Nativism in the News

Posted in Nativism in the News by Hatewatch Staff on May 6, 2008

[AZ] Patriots Border Alliance Honors Neo-Nazi
Phoenix New Times / May 2, 2008
Leaders of the Patriots Border Alliance, a Minuteman splinter faction, posted a photo of PBA members posing with Elton Hall, 74, a former organizer for the American Nazi Party, above the caption “PATRIOTS’ BORDER ALLIANCE HONORING ELTON HALL.”
[AZ] American Freedom Riders Join Recall Effort [...]

Nativism in the News

Posted in Nativism in the News by Hatewatch Staff on April 29, 2008

[CO] Lawmaker Draws International Rebukes For ‘Illiterate Peasants’ Remark
Rocky Mountain News / April 21, 2008
Rep. Douglas Bruce drew audible gasps and was ordered to step down from the speaker’s podium after he criticized a bill concerning temporary visas for immigrant farm laborers by declaring that Colorado doesn’t need “5,000 more illiterate peasants.”
[NC] Latinos Protest County [...]