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Day 1 In Trump's America

November 9, 2016
A collection of tweets about racist episodes POC are facing now that Trump is our President Elect.
Photo via @svnnysayed
· 9 Nov 2016

Not even 24 hours yet. My friend's sister, who is Muslim, had a knife pulled on her by a Trump supporter while on the bus by UIUC campus.

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· 9 Nov 2016

Someone on the streets of LA just yelled at one of my girl's Latina coworkers to "go back where you came from."

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· 8 Nov 2016

My mom and my sister are actually having the conversation on whether or not they should continue wearing hijab for their own safety

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· 9 Nov 2016

3 of my muslims friends, whom i've never seen without a hijab before, came to school without them today, because they were afraid.

66 replies 5,492 retweets 8,387 likes
· 9 Nov 2016

Outside of the Muslim Student Association's prayer room. Not even 24 hours after the election.

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· 9 Nov 2016
Replying to

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· 9 Nov 2016
Replying to

day one of Donald trump at wake forest university.

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· 9 Nov 2016
Replying to

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· 10 Nov 2016
Replying to

this was in Durham, NC

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· 9 Nov 2016

my mom said there was an older white man on his roof today yelling racist shit. she hurried back inside.

sadly, I just added more tweets about horrific racist incidents across the country ⚡️ “Day 1 In Trump's America”
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· 9 Nov 2016

there have already been 2 incidents on campus with trump supporters harassing muslim women, stay safe everyone 😢

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· 9 Nov 2016
Replying to

This from my friend Nichole...

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· 9 Nov 2016

My cousin (born + raised in America) walked past a Trump rally in NYC (where she lives!!!) and was told "go back to your country you chink"

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· 10 Nov 2016

This happened yesterday at Hillary Clinton's alma mater, the all women's college : cc:

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· 9 Nov 2016

Woke up to this message on my Instagram.

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· 10 Nov 2016

more and more stories piling up

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· 9 Nov 2016

Text from a dear friend of mine who teaches high school in *New Jersey*. ("Changing" obviously a typo for "chanting" here.)

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· 10 Nov 2016

Found on the campus of this morning. Trump's first day.

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· 10 Nov 2016

"This is white America now. Take your retarded self and go somewhere else now," towards American Sign Language (ASL) user 😔

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· 10 Nov 2016

This is from my friend in Palm Springs,CA just now.This is happening everywhere.This is the hate that Trump has legitimized. This must stop!

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· 9 Nov 2016

Chomsky back in 2010

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· 13 Nov 2016

. In WV -->

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· 13 Nov 2016

. In Pittsburgh, California ->

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· 9 Nov 2016

Chomsky back in 2010

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· 13 Nov 2016

Black veteran has free Veterans Day meal taken away after Trump supporter tells staff he's "not a real soldier"

48 replies 885 retweets 552 likes
· 14 Nov 2016

Woman punched in the face by man at Brooklyn restaurant after she "expressed disappointment" about Trump's victory

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· 14 Nov 2016

Teacher suspended over comments: "Don't make me call Donald Trump to get you sent back to Africa"

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· 12 Nov 2016

Reporters receiving anti-Semitic mail, experiencing harassment, and more (details in our digest: )

435 replies 3,884 retweets 2,175 likes
· 17 Nov 2016

Texas students chant ‘Build a Wall’ at volleyball opponents from border town, hold campaign signs

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· 16 Nov 2016

In St. Louis, white students corner black student; burn and brand him. Without consequence.

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· 17 Nov 2016

White Texas teens chant ‘build that wall’ at Hispanics during high school volleyball match

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· 16 Nov 2016

Tonight as I was walking to dinner in NY, a white dude in his 20s said to me, "get the fuck out my way bitch. This is Trump's America now"

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· 18 Nov 2016
Replying to

Here's another Trump-related incident that happened in QUEENS New York just the other day

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