By now we don’t need to tell you that Donald Trump won the presidential elections on Nov 9 (unless the electoral college pulls a stunt).
We’re yet to see how much of his inflaming rhetoric will carry on into his presidency, but already – just like happened in the days after Brexit – there was an surge of racist incidents.
I have a scarf on. Passed by someone on the platform today and he says, "Your time's up, girlie."
— Mehreen Kasana (@mehreenkasana) November 9, 2016
Several women have reportedly had their scarf or hijab pulled off, others receive hateful comments. Some women don’t even dare to wear a hijab in public anymore.
The LGBT community also has reason to fear, as appears from this burning of a Gay Pride flag in New York state.
The Trump win emboldened many to spew their racist thoughts out loud. Students in this middle school for instance.
Middle school students in Royal Oak, Michigan chanting "Build The Wall!" pic.twitter.com/38vcnN9mnk
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 10, 2016
Even more worrysome is this case in Alabama of an effegy hanged off a balcony, in a sinister reference to racist violence from the early 20th century.
Figure seen hanging from balcony above Tuscaloosa coffee shop has been removed https://t.co/FvoOkD4I0N pic.twitter.com/euUX0TDxHl
— WBRC FOX6 News (@WBRCnews) November 10, 2016
Here are more examples of cruel and alarming behaviour in the follow-up of the election.
Trump has spoken about "Making America great again," but someone else had a different message recently in Wellsville. pic.twitter.com/YGBFfBXO8F
— Brian Quinn (@brianqwdr) November 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/796787715450793985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
PhillyClout: "Sieg Heil," swastikas, racist Trump graffiti appear in South Philly. https://t.co/jaqfCqRz6W pic.twitter.com/t3emNP3w9o
— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) November 9, 2016
We woke up to this on our door, in a dorm at @TheNewSchool, where 3 Jewish women live. @ShaunKing @deray @parsonsdesign pic.twitter.com/tK1IpXA1ae
— sam ☕ (@samlichtenstein) November 12, 2016
Student Suspended For Sending Lynching Depictions To Black Freshmen At UPenn #TrumpRacism https://t.co/MJ3nZ8xH6b
— Lady Red (@HaveAnOpinion2) November 13, 2016
CNN and Al Jazeera covered the hate crimes. For an extensive list of examples, visit Buzzfeed.
But we’d like to end on a positive note:
