US civil rights groups have urged President-elect Donald Trump to forcefully and publicly condemn racism and bigotry, pointing to nearly 900 racially motivated violent incidents recorded in the 10 days following Trump’s election victory.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights organization that tracks hate crimes, said Tuesday it documented 867 “hate incidents” in the 10 days after Trump was elected president on November 8.
More than 300 of the hate incidents included direct references to Trump or his campaign rhetoric, SPLC said.
The incidents — documented in the media or reported through a form on the SPLC website — included vandalism of places of worship, attacks on Muslim women in headscarves and bullying of Hispanic students in schools.
Anti-immigrant hate incidents targeting Hispanics, Asians and Africans made up the largest number of claims, even though many Hispanics and Asians in the US are American citizens who have…