Hate crimes rise since Obama victory

Jan 01, 2009 11:20

Story from November 25, 2008 - NPR's News and Notes:
Obama Win Sparks Rise In Hate Crimes, Violence

From NPR.org:

Communities around the country have seen a spike in racial violence since the presidential election of Barack Obama.

In the few weeks since Election Day, cross burnings, racist graffiti and other alleged hate crimes have been reported.

For more, NPR's Tony Cox talks with Mark Potok - Director of the Intelligence Projectat the Southern Poverty Law Center - and writer Erik Ose, publisher of The Latest Outrage blog and a regular contributor to The Huffington Post about the post-election violence.

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