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May 2026

• Council substitute disrupts school Afro-Brazilian religion storytelling, calls police

  A city council substitute entered a Fortaleza early-childhood school during a storytelling activity on Afro-Brazilian and African-matrix religions, filmed videos alleging religious indoctrination, and called military police after being barred from entering.

  May 25 · Fortaleza, Brazil1 source

• Argentine tourist arrested for photographing Black boy with racist messages on Minas train

  A 63-year-old Argentine tourist photographed and filmed a 7-year-old Black boy aboard the Maria Fumaça train between São João del-Rei and Tiradentes and sent the images with racist messages, including 'Posso levá-lo como escravo.'

  May 24 · Tiradentes, Brazil2 sources

• Foreign Ministry dismisses official after panel rejects her racial self-declaration

  A heteroidentification panel rejected Flávia Medeiros's self-declaration as a mixed-race woman, and the Foreign Ministry dismissed her from her position as a foreign service officer in Brasília.

  May 22 · Brasília, Brazil1 source

• Canadian band posts lineup with beans emoji, seen as racist toward Mexicans

  The Canadian band Angine de Poitrine shared the Corona Capital festival lineup on Instagram with a beans emoji, which was interpreted as a racist slur against Mexicans, prompting criticism and calls to remove them from the event.

  May 22 · Mexico1 source

• Israeli settlers attack Palestinian home in Halhul, burn vehicles

  Israeli settlers assaulted a Palestinian home in Halhul in the occupied West Bank, burning two vehicles and writing racist graffiti on the walls while Israeli soldiers looked on.

  May 20 · Halhul, West Bank1 source

• Ocala church vandalized with racial slurs and supremacist graffiti

  Someone broke into St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Ocala and vandalized classrooms and other areas with racial slurs, threats, and supremacist imagery.

  May 19 · Ocala, United States2 sources

• Aftenposten cartoon of India's PM Modi accused of racism

  A cartoon in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten depicted India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a snake charmer with a fuel hose instead of a cobra, prompting accusations of racist stereotyping in India and Norway.

  May 19 · Norway1 source

• Three killed in shooting at San Diego mosque

  Three people, including a security guard, were fatally shot at the Islamic Centre of San Diego in California.

  May 18 · San Diego, United StatesReligious DiscriminationXenophobia64 sources

• Florida teacher hangs black doll by neck in front of students

  An arts teacher at a middle school in Lithia, Florida hanged a black baby doll by its neck from a television cord during class in front of her students, who objected that it was racist.

  May 18 · Lithia, United States4 sources

• Man of Senegalese origin beaten and handcuffed by police in Milan

  A man of Senegalese origin, an Italian citizen, was stopped, beaten and handcuffed by police outside the Baobab restaurant in Milan in front of his children.

  May 16 · Milan, Italy1 source

• Israeli colonists burn Palestinian property, spray racist graffiti

  A group of Israeli colonists set fire to a room belonging to a Palestinian resident and spray-painted racist slogans on his property in the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah.

  May 16 · Turmus Ayya, Palestine1 source

• Settlers torch mosque and vehicles in West Bank village

  Israeli settlers attacked the village of Jibiya, northwest of Ramallah, overnight, setting fire to a mosque and several Palestinian-owned vehicles and spray-painting racist graffiti on homes and buildings.

  May 15 · Jibiya, Palestine5 sources

• CNews commentator calls Saint-Denis mayor 'a Malian mayor in France'

  During a debate on CNews about France's relations with Africa, a columnist said the country now has 'a Malian mayor in France', referring to Bally Bagayoko, the elected mayor of Saint-Denis.

  May 15 · France1 source

• Congolese immigrant dies after being restrained by security guards in Dublin

  Yves Sakila, a 30-year-old Congolese immigrant, died after several security guards restrained him on a busy Dublin street on suspicion of theft; video shows a guard kneeling on his neck and head.

  May 15 · Dublin, IrelandXenophobia2 sources

• Settlers at Jerusalem flag march carry racist banners, attack Palestinians

  During the Israeli Flag March in Jerusalem, participants carried racist banners calling for the death of Arab residents and, according to witnesses, attacked Palestinians and journalists with spitting and verbal abuse near the Damascus Gate of the Old City.

  May 14 · Jerusalem, Israel6 sources

• Pastor's racist, anti-Hindu tirade against Ohio candidate Vivek Ramaswamy

  A pastor posted a video tirade telling Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, the son of Indian immigrants, to 'go home' and 'get out of our country,' calling him an 'anchor baby' and attacking his Hindu faith.

  May 13 · United States1 source

• Parking attendant detained for racist insults against woman in Petrópolis

  A parking attendant in central Petrópolis was detained after allegedly directing racist insults at a woman during a dispute over a parking space, and insulting the man with her.

  May 12 · Petrópolis, Brazil1 source

• Musk endorses racist post attacking Lupita Nyong'o's casting

  Elon Musk replied 'True' to a post claiming Lupita Nyong'o should not play Helen of Troy, amid racially charged and misogynistic posts directed at the actress over her casting in The Odyssey.

  May 12 · United States5 sources

• Tour guide called 'monkey' by tourists at Christ the Redeemer

  A tour guide working at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro was called 'macaquito' and 'macaco' by a Venezuelan couple who felt he had spoiled their photos.

  May 12 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1 source

• Israeli MK storms Nakba event at Hebrew University, threatens Arab students

  A far-right Knesset member stormed a Nakba commemoration event organized by the Jaffa student group at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and directed threats and incitement at the participating Arab students.

  May 11 · Jerusalem, Israel2 sources

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 93
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 884
• Xenophobia 141