Image by Getty Images via @daylife Two weekend incidents targeting a Jewish student are being investigated by University of Virginia police. University spokeswoman Carol Wood tells The Daily Progress that someone wrote a slur against Jews on the student’s whiteboard. An Israeli flag was stolen from his door less than 24 hours later. The student, [...]

Ho Vasko, whose crime spree centered on Chinatown, may also face hate crime charges for remarks made about Chinese people. A Vietnamese refugee who claims she steals to give to the poor faces three years in prison – and possible hate crime charges – for a pick-pocketing spree in Chinatown, officials said Tuesday. Ho Vasko, [...]

MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio — A man and a teenager are accused of burning a cross bearing racial slurs in a black family’s yard in central Ohio. Both suspects are white. Morrow County Prosecutor Charles Howland said Friday that 20-year-old Brandon Rhodes, of rural Marengo, pleaded not guilty to five counts each of ethnic intimidation and [...]

Lake Wales, Florida – A mayoral candidate in Lakes Wales is speaking out about his involvement with the Klan. 70-year-old John Paul Rogers wants to become the next mayor of Lake Wales, but critics say he could have a tough time bringing the town together because he’s a former member of Ku Klux Klan. Rogers, [...]

Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon has his player’s back. He proved that on Sunday when a fan was allegedly making racist comments about one of his outfielders. Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times reported that during the Rays-Orioles spring training game, Maddon had a fan wearing a Baltimore jersey removed from the stadium [...]

Lightning-fast Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has temporarily ditched the arena-ready punk game for an excursion into rap music with guest-heavy album Give the Drummer Some and mixtape Let the Drummer Get Wicked. The decision has been met with some resistance from his rock-oriented fans, to which Barker has offered an unkind response. Speaking with Complex, [...]

SANDY, Utah (ABC 4 News) – The Canyons School District launched an investigation Monday into an allegation of racism at Alta High School. The incident happened last Thursday at a “Spirit Bowl” in the school gym. The junior class was supposed to wear white. One junior came in a white hood that covered his face. [...]

Arie and Nigel Kapoor have an Indian father and Indian friends. They’ve participated for years in the local Indian community. But at a soccer tournament last weekend, the brothers weren’t quite Indian enough.   Arie Kapoor, left, and his younger brother, Nigel, were disqualified from an invitational soccer tournament because they are only half-Indian. The [...]

Apple has been criticised today for approving an application that encourages people to turn away from homosexuality. Exodus International is a US-based organisation that claims same-sex relationships are not in “God‘s will”. Earlier this month, the group launched its own smartphone app – aimed at ‘curing’ homosexuals by telling them God disapproves. Apple allowed the [...]

The maximum jail term for sectarian hate crimes will rise from six months to five years under plans being considered by the Crown Office. Outgoing Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini has also revealed that a specialist unit to tackle sectarianism in Scotland will be set up. The moves, sparked by growing concern over sectarian tensions at [...]