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May 2026

• Indian doctor says Vietnam Airlines staff humiliated family over business class seats

  An Indian doctor said a Vietnam Airlines ground staff member stopped him, his wife and child at the aerobridge and questioned whether they belonged in business class while boarding a flight from Hanoi to Delhi, which he described as racial profiling.

  May 11 · Hanoi, Vietnam1 source

• Radio host's 'cotton-picking' remark about Jeffries endorsed by Rep. Kiggans

  A conservative radio host told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to get his 'cotton-picking hands off of Virginia,' and Rep. Jen Kiggans agreed with the remark during the interview.

  May 11 · Richmond, United States6 sources

• Dublin Rose of Tralee receives racial abuse after being chosen

  Suad Mooge, a 25-year-old medical scientist chosen to represent Dublin at the Rose of Tralee festival, received a sustained wave of racial abuse online after her selection was announced.

  May 11 · Dublin, Ireland3 sources

• Two North-East women molested and assaulted outside Delhi club

  Two women from India's North-East were catcalled, molested and physically assaulted by a group of men outside a club in Nehru Place, Delhi, who also used racist slurs and attacked one woman with a bamboo stick.

  May 10 · Delhi, India1 source

• Executive detained after racist and homophobic insults on LATAM flight

  A Chilean executive on a LATAM Airlines flight from São Paulo to Frankfurt verbally attacked other passengers with racist and homophobic insults after crew restrained him from opening an aircraft door.

  May 10 · São Paulo, BrazilQueer Discrimination7 sources

• Malian man beaten to death by group in Taranto

  A 35-year-old Malian man was attacked by a group of six people, four of them minors, in Taranto's old city and died of his injuries.

  May 9 · Taranto, Italy1 source

• Adolescents shout racial slurs at 10-year-old boy selling snacks at traffic light

  Three adolescents in a car shouted racial insults at a 10-year-old boy selling paçocas at a traffic light in the Nova Betânia neighborhood of Mossoró, after a disagreement at a snack bar.

  May 9 · Mossoró, Brazil1 source

• Election poster of Black candidate defaced with racial slur near Oranmore

  An election poster for a Nigerian-born city councillor running in a by-election was spray-painted with the N-word on the outskirts of Oranmore.

  May 9 · Oranmore, Ireland1 source

• Unarmed Arab man shot dead by Border Police in Rahat

  Ahmad Said al-Naami, an unarmed Arab Bedouin man, was shot dead by Border Police officers before dawn on a Saturday in Rahat during a police chase.

  May 9 · Rahat, Israel1 source

• Settlers torch vehicle, spray racist graffiti in West Bank village

  Israeli settlers infiltrated the outskirts of the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, torched a resident's vehicle and painted racist slogans on the walls of homes.

  May 8 · Abu Falah, Palestine1 source

• Louisiana senator accused of telling Black official 'shut up boy' at hearing

  At a Louisiana Senate redistricting hearing, Republican state Sen. Jay Morris told Black Democratic Party executive director Dadrius Lanus to 'shut up boy' and told a crowd of Black attendees to 'shut up.'

  May 8 · Louisiana, United States2 sources

• Republican delegates post video mocking Chinese-born lawmaker

  Two Republican state delegates posted a social media video mocking a Chinese-born Democratic colleague, using racist stereotypes and criticizing his accent.

  May 8 · Maryland, United States1 source

• Brazilian woman insulted with racist slurs at Frankfurt airport

  A German woman at Frankfurt airport insulted a Brazilian woman and her friends with racist slurs after hearing them speak Portuguese and seeing a Brazilian flag.

  May 8 · Frankfurt, GermanyXenophobia1 source

• Bertie Ahern says too many African migrants and Muslims in Ireland

  During a byelection canvass, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern told a woman there were too many migrants coming into Ireland, saying the ones he worried about were Africans and people from the Congo, and voicing concern about second-generation Muslims.

  May 7 · Dublin, IrelandXenophobia2 sources

• Tennessee Republicans approve map dismantling majority-Black Memphis district

  Tennessee Republicans approved a new congressional map that splits majority-Black Shelby County, home to Memphis, into three Republican-leaning districts, eliminating a majority-Black House seat.

  May 7 · Nashville, United States2 sources

• Ukrainian teenagers beaten on Warsaw bridge

  A group of about ten attackers beat several Ukrainian teenagers on the Świętokrzyski Bridge in Warsaw after the youths spoke Ukrainian and Russian; one 16-year-old suffered a cracked skull and facial injuries.

  May 7 · Warsaw, PolandXenophobia2 sources

• Texas candidate posts anti-India remarks mocking Indian community

  A Texas write-in candidate for governor posted an AI-generated image of herself in Indian attire and remarks mocking Indians and Indian immigrants in the state, saying she had 'decided to become Indian' and complaining about 'India stores' appearing in Texas.

  May 6 · Cedar Hill, United States1 source

• Two Indigenous youths run off road by truck in Paulo Afonso

  A 19-year-old and a 16-year-old Indigenous youth were riding a motorcycle when a pickup truck deliberately rammed them in the Alto do Araticum area of Paulo Afonso, Bahia.

  May 5 · Paulo Afonso, Brazil1 source

• Romanian MP tells premier he is 'a good premier for Pakistanis, not for Romanians'

  At a parliamentary session on a censure motion, an MP from SOS Romania told Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan he was 'a good premier for Pakistanis, not for Romanians' and accused the government of replacing local workers with immigrants.

  May 5 · Romania1 source

• Mural of Stó:lō woman defaced with paint and 'MMIP' in Chilliwack

  An unknown vandal splashed buckets of dark paint and wrote the letters 'MMIP' over a downtown Chilliwack mural of Inez Louis, a Stó:lō woman, on Red Dress Day.

  May 5 · Chilliwack, Canada1 source

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 93
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 886
• Xenophobia 141