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Bulgarian fans make the Nazi salute during the Euro 2020 Group A football qualification match between Bulgaria and England at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on October 14, 2019. (Nikolay Dovchinov/AFP)
October 15, 2019, 1:49 am
England soccer game in Sofia halted twice as Bulgaria fans make Nazi salutes
Black players Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford, Tyrone Mings targeted with monkey chants; English FA calls for ‘very stringent’ action; England wins European qualifier 6-0
By AP
US President Donald Trump pauses while announcing an agreement with Guatemala regarding people seeking asylum in the Oval Office of the White House July 26, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
July 30, 2019, 6:18 pm
Presidents have made racist gestures throughout US history
Trump’s recent attacks on black lawmakers are far from unprecedented
By Russell Contreras
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum gestures during a campaign rally along with US Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
October 24, 2018, 3:46 am
Racist, anti-Semitic robocall targets Florida governor candidate Andrew Gillum
A white supremacist group behind call that brands the African-American politician a ‘negro’ and features a monkey screeching; also says Jews want black people to rule over whites
By JTA
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer (seated) at a book signing event in Newport News on July 27, 2018. (Screen capture: Facebook)
July 29, 2018, 8:32 pm
Lawyer: Claim that Sean Spicer used racial slur in high school is false
At book signing in Rhode Island, former classmate accused ex-White House press secretary of using epithet against him decades ago
By AP
Harold Goldmeier
April 10, 2018, 3:43 pm
Harold Goldmeier
A deafening silence in the wake of hate speech
Where were was the outrage and demonstrations after the Chief Rabbi made his ‘monkeys’ comment?
UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Henry Bolton arrives for a party Extraordinary General Meeting in Birmingham, England, before a vote on his leadership Saturday February 17, 2018. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
February 18, 2018, 3:41 am
UK party sacks leader in fallout from racist Meghan Markle texts
Henry Bolton’s ouster after girlfriend said Prince Harry’s black fiance would ‘taint’ royal family triggers fourth UKIP leadership contest since 2016
By AP
Seyran Ates (r), founder of the Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque, preaches during the opening of the mosque in Berlin, Germany, on June 16, 2017. (AP/Michael Sohn)
February 16, 2018, 10:57 am
German Turks to sue far-right party over ‘camel drivers’ slur
Anti-immigration Alternative for Germany under pressure after lawmaker says Turkish minority should ‘go back to where they belong’
By Frank Zeller
Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle during a visit to the Reprezent 107.3 FM radio station in Brixton, south London, January 9, 2018. (AP Photo/ Dominic Lipinski, Pool)
January 15, 2018, 1:48 am
UKIP leader under fire for lover’s ‘racist’ slur against Meghan Markle
Henry Bolton is facing calls to resign after 25-year-old girlfriend said the ‘seed’ of Prince Harry’s mixed race fiancee ‘will taint our Royal Family’
By AFP
Rabbi Nathan Weiner of Congregation Beth Tikvah in Evesham Township (YouTube screenshot)
November 8, 2017, 8:59 pm
Racist message spelled out in New Jersey synagogue skylights
Rabbi says offensive word was also homophobic, but not specifically anti-Semitic
By JTA
Head of the United States Air Force Academy Lieutenant General Jay Silveria (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 30, 2017, 10:04 pm
‘Get out,’ Air Force general tells bigots on campus
Jay Silveria issues stinging rebuke of racism in speech to cadets after racist graffiti found at US Air Force Academy
By Sylvie LANTEAUME
Jeremy Joseph Christian shouts as he is arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, Pool)
June 5, 2017, 8:18 am
Portland stabbing suspect devoted his life to hate, court papers show
Jeremy Joseph Christian, accused of killing 2 men who tried to defend Muslim girls against racist outburst, saw himself as ‘unemployed sociopath‘
By Gillian Flaccus
LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on during the trophy presentation after Game Five of the 2017 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, May 25, 2017. (Elsa/Getty Images/AFP)
June 1, 2017, 1:57 am
LeBron James speaks out against racism after home vandalized
NBA superstar says racial slur spray-painted on his front gate highlights level of bigotry; ‘long way to go’ until African-Americans ‘feel equal’
By AFP
A New York City police officer standing guard outside Grand Central Station in New York City, Sept. 20, 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via JTA)
December 6, 2016, 9:02 am
Two Muslim NY women subject to hate crimes in 36 hours
Mayor De Blasio blames Trump for 35 percent hate crime rise over last year; most victims Jews
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a swastika painted at Temple Ohawe Sholam in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. (Courtesy of Marty Cooper/Jewish Alliance for Greater Rhode Island via JTA)
November 24, 2016, 8:46 am
Rhode Island rabbi reports uptick in anti-Semitic harassment
Leader of Providence congregation says he and others have been taunted often in past year with slurs such as ‘you should have been burned in the ovens’
By Matt O'Brien
James Fitzgerald, sheriff of Howard County, Maryland (YouTube screenshot)
October 5, 2016, 6:56 pm
Sheriff accused of anti-Semitism refuses to resign
James Fitzgerald of Maryland allegedly also disparaged blacks and women, as well as calling ex-county executive ‘little Kenny Jew-boy’
By JTA
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