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Distribution of White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, ADL says
Distribution of White supremacist propaganda reached the highest amount ever recorded since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking it, the group said in a report released on Wednesday.
There were 5,125 documented cases of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers, stickers, banners and posters distributed in the US an average of 14 incidents per day and nearly double the 2,724 cases recorded in 2019, the ADL said.
The ADL began publishing its data on White supremacist propaganda distribution in 2016.
Much of the propaganda “overwhelmingly features veiled White supremacist language with a patriotic slant” in an effort to normalize White supremacist hate and bolster recruiting, while simultaneously targeting minorities, the ADL said.
White Supremacist Propaganda Incidents in 2020 Highest Ever Recorded, Says New ADL Report algemeiner.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from algemeiner.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel s US correspondent based in New York
Examples of white supremacist propaganda recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in 2020. Many pieces reference American iconography or slogans. (Courtesy of the ADL)
Distribution of white supremacist propaganda in the United States nearly doubled in 2020, though only five percent of it targeted Jews, the Anti-Defamation League said in a Wednesday report.
The year saw a total of 5,125 incidents in which racist, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ and other hateful messages were disseminated in the US an average of about 14 incidents per day and almost twice as many as the 2,724 reported in 2019, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. far-right and white supremacist groups sharply stepped up their distribution of racist or anti-Semitic fliers, posters banners and other forms of physical propaganda last year, according to a study released on Wednesday.
The Anti-Defamation League said it logged a total of 5,125 cases last year, compared with 2,724 in 2019. Its study focused on paper propaganda and signs, not online messages.