The mounting tension of a racially fraught presidential race spilled out across the country in the days following the election of Republican Donald Trump with a spate of violent protests and ugly racial incidents. Throughout the campaign, Trump’s tweets, statements and rallies drew criticism from all corners. Following Tuesday’s results, that charged atmosphere seemed to play out in a range of incidents across the U.S.
Racial incident
Center Valley, Pa. | Tuesday
Southern Lehigh High School students have been subjected to classmates yelling homophobic and racist slurs.
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Racial incident
Albuquerque, N.M. | Tuesday
A man wearing a pro-Trump shirt attempted to grab a student’s hijab off her head at the University of New Mexico.
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Racial incident
Columbus, Ind. | Tuesday
School administrators in Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s hometown of Columbus, Ind., call for civility and respect after reports of Hispanic students being taunted. Felipe Martinez told The Indianapolis Star that his two sons were twice intimidated with chants of “build that wall,” including on Election Day.
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Trump supporter attacked
Woodside, Calif. | Wednesday
A student is attacked by other students in response to her Instagram post supporting the president-elect.
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Racist attack
San Jose, Calif. | Wednesday
A 19-year-old woman says a man grabbed and yanked her head covering, causing her to fall to her knees in a parking garage on the San Jose State University campus.
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Racial incident
Redding, Calif. | Wednesday
A high school student handed out “deportation letters” to Latino classmates, and a video of the incident was posted on Twitter, says Shasta Union High School District Superintendent. Jim Cloney, who says he believed the episode was related to Trump’s election.
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Anti-Trump protest
Los Angeles | Wednesday
A large Trump head is burned in effigy during a protest outside LA’s City Hall.
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Racial incident
San Diego, Calif. | Wednesday
A Muslim student at San Diego State University is robbed by two men who made comments “about President-elect Trump and the Muslim community,” according to a police statement. Her car is stolen following the incident.
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Racial incident
San Marcos, Texas | Wednesday
Racist, threatening fliers are found in restrooms on the Texas State University campus, outside of San Antonio. Students at the school later protest Trump’s election.
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Trump supporter attacked
Chicago | Wednesday
A man shown in a viral video getting punched and kicked as a crowd yells, “Don’t vote Trump,” acknowledges he supports Donald Trump but says that’s not what started the beating on the West Side the day after the presidential election.
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Racist vandalism
Gurnee | Wednesday
“White’s only” (sic) is found on a bathroom stall door in a girls restroom at Warren Township High School’s Almond Campus.
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Racial incident
Buffalo | Wednesday
An African-American doll is found with a noose around its neck in a dorm elevator at Canisius College in Buffalo.
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Racist vandalism
Grand Island, N.Y. | Wednesday
Anti-African American graffiti is found written on a bus stop near Buffalo, N.Y.
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Anti-gay incident
Rochester, N.Y. | Wednesday
Two pride flags are burned in separate locations Wednesday.
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Racial incident
Wellsville, N.Y. | Wednesday
A swastika and racist Trump reference are painted on a wall in a park.
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Racist vandalism
New York City | Wednesday
Members of NYU’s Muslim Student Association find the graffiti at their facilities at the Tandon School of Engineering.
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Racist vandalism
Philadelphia, Pa. | Wednesday
A swastika and other racist graffiti are spotted in South Philadelphia.
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Racist vandalism
Durham, N.C. | Wednesday
Racist graffiti, with references to the election, is painted in two locations in Durham.
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Anti-Clinton incident
Orlando, Fla. | Wednesday
A Clinton supporter tweets her dismay late Tuesday and wakes up to violent responses on the social media site urging her to “step into a gas chamber,” and another calling for her deportation.
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Anti-Trump protest
Portland, Ore. | Thursday
Officers fire rubber bullets and 29 people are arrested in a protest that turns violent.
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Racist vandalism
Moscow, Idaho | Thursday
A white Kia belonging to a Washington State University student is found vandalized with hate messages.
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Racial incident
Phoenix, Ariz. | Thursday
A New York Times writer is confronted with racially charged language after talking on the phone in Spanish.
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Racist vandalism
Maple Grove, Minn. | Thursday
Dozens of high school students skip school to protest harassing messages found in a bathroom.
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Racial incident
Carbondale | Thursday
An anti-African American image is circulated widely on social media after Shaun King, a writer on justice, shares it on Twitter.
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False report of racial incident
Lafayette, La. | Thursday
The Lafayette Police Department says that during the course of their investigation into a woman’s complaint, she “admitted that she fabricated the story about her physical attack as well as the removal of her hijab and wallet by two white males.”
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Racist vandalism
Burlington, Vt. | Thursday
A Trump election sign is found with a swastika painted on it.
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Racist vandalism
Holyoke, Mass. | Thursday
Racist, anti-Semitic and pro-Donald Trump graffiti has appeared on a cliffside of Mount Tom, sparking outrage from local residents on social media.
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Racist vandalism
East Haddam, Conn. | Thursday
Someone spray-paints “Trump 2016” over a sign that says, “Dear Muslims, immigrants, women, disabled, LGBTQ and all people of color, we love you boldly and proudly. We will endure.”
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Racist vandalism
Jacksonville, Fla. | Thursday
Racist signs are taped above drinking fountains at a Jacksonville, Fla., high school.
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Racial incident
Pelham, N.C. | Thursday
One of the largest Ku Klux Klan groups on the country says it is planning a parade to celebrate Trump’s election.
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Racial incident and anti-Trump protest
Elon, N.C. | Thursday
An anti-Latino note is found written on a white board at Elon University.
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Anti-Trump incident
Lafayette, La. | Thursday
Members of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette football team are suspended after a video surfaces of them singing an anti-Trump song.
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Racial incident
Villanova, Pa. | Thursday
Villanova Univesity officials are investigating an incident where three white males ran at a female student and knocked her down while yelling, “Trump, Trump, Trump.”
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Racial incident
Philadelphia, Pa. | Friday
University of Philadelphia black freshmen are added to a group chat that features racist posts.
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Racial incident
York, Pa. | Friday
Two students at the York County School of Technology hold a Donald Trump sign in a hallway as someone shouts, “White power.”
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Racial incident
Dacula, Ga. | Friday
A teacher at a high school outside Atlanta was given a threatening anti-Islamic note.
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Racial incident
Ann Arbor, Mich. | Friday
A University of Michigan student was approached by a man who asked her to remove her hijab or be set on first, accoring to local authorities.
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Racial incident
Bean Blossom, Ind. | Sunday
Vandals spray-painted anti-semitic and racist graffiti on a church in a town south of Indianaplis.
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Sources: News reports, Associated Press, Tribune reporting
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