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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said it was more important than ever to combat far-right extremism after attending a memorial on Monday for the nine people killed in a racist attack in Hanau four years ago. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been leading opinion polls in three eastern states ahead of state elections in September - despite media reports saying members of the party attended a meeting when the idea of mass repatriation was discussed. Many Germans fear the A

Shanicka "Shak" Edwards says though she was shaken by the attack, her resolve wasn't. The pain she endured that day simply fueled her purpose.

Last year, Smollett challenged the role of a special prosecutor, jury selection, evidence and other aspects of the case against […] The post Jussie Smollett asks court to hear appeal of convictions for lying about hate crime appeared first on TheGrio.

A woman took to Reddit to share her experience with a friend who misread a moment at a Chinese restaurant as a racist attack. What happened: Reddit user Mean-Proposal8, who identified herself as a 28-year-old Chinese woman, said it all started after her friend, Jess, 27, heard a boy ask his white father what the friends were eating at the restaurant. The father explained the many types of dishes to his son, but Jess, who is Chinese Japanese, purportedly mistook their exchange as racist.

This rumor was posted on the RNC Research account on X in early January 2024 with the caption, "BIDEN v. HILLARY: 15 years apart."

Gay’s resignation Tuesday, which marked the shortest tenure for a president at the Ivy League institution, followed weeks of criticism […] The post Activists see Claudine Gay’s resignation as Harvard president as a racist attack appeared first on TheGrio.

"The words used by my attacker leave no doubt that this was a racist act," Mamadou Dembele, a local bank VP, says. "I am choosing to not be silent.”

“Mr. Dembele’s assault is not so very unusual for a Black man who lives in New Hampshire,” said Rev. Bob Thompson, president of the Seacoast NAACP.

"The words used by my attacker leave no doubt that this was a racist act," Mamadou Dembele says. "I am choosing to not be silent.”

The racist attack on Bre'yanna Brown, a Black sophomore at Shawnee Mission East, prompted students to organize several rallies on Thursday to get the school district's attention.