Latest Outrage

Latest Outrage

When mainstream media or politicians aid and abet hate or hate groups offend human decency, the Latest Outrage exposes their transgressions for all to see.

Hate Radio’s Bigotry Towards Hispanics

May 8th, 2008 – Great post by the Center for American Progress on the wave of hate on the radio against Latinos.  Read it below, or find it here:  http://www.americanprogressaction.org/progressreportMay 7, 2008by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Ali Frick, and Benjamin Armbruster MEDIA Hate Radio's Bigotry Against HispanicsOn Monday, hate radio…

ROLL CALL: CHC Emboldened, Targets Lou Dobbs

May 7th, 2008 – April 28, 2008 By Jennifer Yachnin,Roll Call Staff Fresh off of challenging its own Democratic majority, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is taking on CNN. In a letter issued Friday to Time Warner Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Bewkes, the CHC's chairman, Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.), and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) contended…

What Hate Does:  Tragedy in Arkansas

April 4th, 2008 – What Hate Does:  Tragedy in ArkansasWe're sorry to announce that we're adding yet another flashpoint to the map showing the tragic consequences of hate.  A young man says something nice in Spanish about a baby and is assaulted by the father at work the next day.  The man's uncle, who…

Debunking Myths That Feed Hate

March 25th, 2008 –  Kudos to MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) for launching http://www.truthinimmigration.org/Home.aspx this week.  The new site tackles the many myths, exaggerations, false "facts," and just plain lies which are regular features of the immigration debate.  For anyone concerned about arriving at real solutions to immigration, this website is…

Going after kids

March 13th, 2008 – One of the more disturbing issues in the immigration debate is its impact on children, including American citizens in immigrant families.  NCLR and the Urban Institute published a report last fall on the subject, which documents that alarming numbers of children have been separated from their parents in immigration workplace raids.…

Connecting Immigrants with Crime: Fast and Loose with the Facts

February 28th, 2008 – Perhaps NCLR shouldn't be surprised that one of the responses to the launch of this website has been a barrage of emails from people using the very code words that we highlight. A few zealous senders of email are working very hard to try to convince us that immigrants really…

Hispanic Americans and Harrassment

February 22nd, 2008 – Among the growing evidence that the immigration debate has gone too far is the fact that harassment of Latinos - immigrants or not - is on the rise. We hear reports from Arizona, the home state of the Minuteman Project, that many home-grown Latinos are beginning to carry birth certificates…

Minutemen Unvarnished

February 14th, 2008 – In the spirit of letting some outrages speak for themselves, check out the videos on a website sponsored by the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation's (CRLAF) Border Project, which monitors day labor sites in San Diego County. They have turned their cameras on Minutemen protesting at day labor sites -…

It’s All About the “Illegals,” Or Is It?

February 11th, 2008 – Many claim that their concerns about immigration are limited only to "illegals," saying, they are not against legal immigration, only illegal immigration, or, they oppose ‘illegals' getting benefits others don't get. Others claim they oppose amnesty because it puts illegals ahead of those waiting patiently to enter legally.First, such assertions…

Minutemen in The Washington Post

February 7th, 2008 – Minutemen in The Washington Post The February 2 edition of The Washington Post had an interesting photo on its front page:  a woman with a mask over her face:She showed up for Saturday's protest with a surgical mask around her neck.  "No TB please" was written on it.A Hispanic man…

Glenn Beck:  WeCanStopTheHate.org is a secret effort to help “Juan” McCain

February 5th, 2008 – Kudos to Think Progress for catching Glenn Beck taking a swipe at this website on his January, 31 radio program.  Completely ignoring the information presented here about how hate speech contributes to hate crimes and other abuses, Beck thinks this is an effort to take him off the air before…

The Extremist Groups Respond

February 1st, 2008 – It didn’t take long for some of the very people featured on this website to respond to its existence.  We particularly enjoyed Jim Gilchrist’s comment.  He’s a cofounder of the Minuteman Project and one of our Suspect Spokespeople.  Here’s what he told the Associated Press:Gilchrist called the National Council of…

Leader of Extremist Group Explains Election Results

January 30th, 2008 – A close look at the exit polls makes it abundantly clear that Latino voters in Florida had something to say in yesterday's primary.  Latinos went for McCain (54%) and Giuliani (24%) over Romney (14%).  Yes, Rudy Giuliani, who did abysmally in every other demographic, still managed to soundly beat Mitt…

Vigilantes Move from the Border to the Neighborhood

January 14th, 2008 – As if having self-appointed vigilantes “patrolling” the borders with guns weren’t bad enough, the thugs are now moving into our streets and neighborhoods.  They’ve come to stalk people they believe might be here illegally.  According to the Arizona Republic, Lynn Street, a member of a group calling itself Riders USA,…