Students Protest Hate Crimes in The US
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In the US, the election of Trump as President has ushered in a series of hate crimes against immigrants, with attackers unleashing verbal and physical violence against persons perceived to be ‘outsiders’ or ‘Muslims’ in the US. Several South Asians and Indians also have been at the receiving end of such violence.
An American civil liberties group, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identified almost 900 incidents of racial harassment following Donald Trump’s win. These attacks can be called the ‘Trump effect’ since they flow from Trump’s own rhetoric against Mexicans, Muslims and immigrants.
Three persons of Indian origin were also victims of such attacks. Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed on February 22 in Kansas, while his friend Alok Madasani, was injured when a racist ...