Hatewatch Headlines 4/17/18
University of Alabama pulls the plug on Jared Taylor’s speech; Starbuck’s CEO apologizes; the KKK is back in Mississippi politics, and more.
Tuscaloosa News: A speech at the University of Alabama by white nationalist Jared Taylor is cancelled after the student group sponsoring the event loses its registration status.
Esquire: Louisiana’s jury system is a monument to white supremacy – and it should be torn down.
AlterNet: Racist woman in Georgia caught verbally assaulting two black soldiers.
Washington Post: The CEO of Starbucks apologizes, removes a manager and calls for “unconscious bias” training after two black men are arrested at Philadelphia Starbucks.
NBC News: GOP accuses Facebook of censorship but conservative media flourishes online.
Newsweek: Ann Coulter, who frequently flirts with the alt-right, re-tweets Mike “Enoch” Peinovich, an overt white nationalist who has spoken at neo-Nazi events.
Daily Beast: Discord’s gamer chat site got overrun by the alt-right, but now it’s fighting back.
New York Times: Kansas jurors face this question: Was it a racist, terror plot or just idle talk?
Mississippi Today: The Ku Klux Klan is getting back into Mississippi electoral politics.
Washington Post: Conspiracy guru Alex Jones, Donald Trump’s long-time buddy and supporter, goes on profanity-laced tirade after the president orders military strikes on Syria.
Slate: Our failure to understand white power as a broader social movement has prevented us from combating it.
The Guardian: Two anti-Muslim campaigners are denied entry into the United Kingdom ahead of a conference held by Britain’s newest and most-active far-right group.
