'There was a time where we had an easy time saying, 'Hey, that is racist. That is uncomfortably racist, and doesn't belong in the public sphere.' That appears to have gone.' | CBCSunday
A woman who lost her husband during the mass shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, cries outside an information centre for families.The attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, was part of a global movement of white supremacy, not the story of one deranged individual, says. "We're really talking about a global movement of hatred that is hellbent on setting us all at each other's throats.
Social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Reddit have offered fertile ground for hate speech, says, curation editor for BuzzFeed News based in Toronto: "Once you're on YouTube, it's very easy for the platform to serve you more extreme views of the videos that you're trying to watch. And so the online world has created a sort of borderlessness to the hate.
Bayoumi says it is critical to pay attention to the way some political leaders are facilitating and amplifying hate messages. He points out that in the U.S., there was a massive increase in hate crimes against Muslims after 9/11 that tapered off for many years. However, during the 2015 election campaign and over the years since, the numbers escalated again.
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