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April 2026

• Colorado school board member accused of racist, anti-immigrant remarks at district event

  Three people filed complaints alleging that a Cherry Creek Board of Education member asked people at a district event about their ethnicity and where they were from, then asked whether they had crossed the southern U.S. Border with a 'coyote' after learning they were from Mexico City.

  Apr 17 · Greenwood Village, United States2 sources

• Prada 2 clip draws racism backlash over Asian character's name

  A promotional clip for The Devil Wears Prada 2 released by 20th Century Studios shows an Asian assistant whose name was widely heard as resembling an anti-Asian slur, prompting accusations of racism and calls for a boycott.

  Apr 16 · United States1 source

• Peruvian streamer hurls racist slurs at Andean population during live broadcast

  A Peruvian streamer known as 'CristoRata' made racist remarks against the Andean population of southern Peru during a live broadcast, calling them 'burros' and 'serranos de mierda' and saying he would send a bomb if not for Machu Picchu.

  Apr 15 · Peru1 source

• Black transgender woman refused service and ejected from Ferndale gay bar

  A Black transgender woman was refused service at Soho, an LGBTQ+ bar in Ferndale, Michigan, after a bartender rejected her state ID, and she was told to leave.

  Apr 14 · Ferndale, United States2 sources

• NZ minister defends 'butter chicken tsunami' remark on Indian immigration

  New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones defended calling Indian immigration to New Zealand a 'butter chicken tsunami' and warned against 'unfettered immigration' harming the country's 'foundation culture'.

  Apr 14 · Wellington, New Zealand2 sources

• Racist messages found on university mural in Ilhéus

  Racist slurs targeting Black people were found written on a mural at the Physical Education Pavilion of the State University of Santa Cruz in Ilhéus, Bahia.

  Apr 13 · Ilhéus, Brazil1 source

• Tunisian MP's remarks on African migrant women spark racism accusations

  A Tunisian MP said during a parliamentary hearing that the rape of an African migrant woman 'does not happen' and that migrant women must leave at any cost, drawing accusations of racism and of justifying sexual violence.

  Apr 13 · Tunis, TunisiaSexism / Gender-Based ViolenceXenophobia3 sources

• Kuwaiti blogger posts videos insulting Egyptians, calls for their deportation

  A Kuwaiti blogger published videos insulting the Egyptian community in Kuwait, calling them 'the worst community' and 'hired workers', and saying 'Kuwait is for Kuwaitis only'.

  Apr 13 · Kuwait1 source

• US Rep. Brandon Gill's remarks targeting Indian 7-Eleven workers and H-1B immigrants

  US Representative Brandon Gill made remarks in a video and on The Benny Show calling the idea of importing 7-Eleven workers from India 'asinine' and 'idiotic,' calling H-1B workers fraudsters, and calling for a ban on H-1B visas.

  Apr 10 · Texas, United StatesXenophobia1 source

• VOX leader calls PP's Juanma Moreno 'Juanma Moruno' at Málaga rally

  At a campaign event in Málaga, VOX leader Santiago Abascal referred to PP leader Juanma Moreno as 'Juanma Moruno', a slur alluding to his Moroccan origin.

  Apr 10 · Málaga, Spain1 source

• Former police chief hurls racial slur at Black alderman during council meeting

  At a Springfield City Council meeting, former police chief Michael Walton directed a racial slur at Ward 2 Alderman Shawn Gregory, sparking a confrontation that required citizens to restrain Gregory.

  Apr 8 · Springfield, United States1 source

• Woman hurls racist, xenophobic insults at woman at San Ysidro crossing

  A woman verbally attacked another woman waiting to cross into Tijuana at the San Ysidro border crossing, calling her racist and xenophobic slurs.

  Apr 7 · Tijuana, MexicoXenophobia1 source

• Congado procession members doused with urine thrown from building

  Participants in a Congado religious procession in Uberlândia were hit by urine thrown from a window of a residential building as they passed.

  Apr 5 · Uberlândia, Brazil1 source

• Course manager allegedly hurls racist slurs, threats at parent and child

  At an English course in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, a manager allegedly directed racist slurs and verbal threats of violence at a parent and her 7-year-old daughter when the parent sought an explanation after the child fell.

  Apr 4 · Jakarta, Indonesia1 source

• Rio bar posts sign barring US and Israeli citizens

  A bar in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, displayed a sign in English stating that US and Israeli citizens are not welcome, refusing service based on nationality and origin.

  Apr 4 · Rio de Janeiro, BrazilReligious DiscriminationXenophobia1 source

• Dance troupe from Arunachal Pradesh racially abused at Patna railway station

  A visiting cultural dance team from Arunachal Pradesh was allegedly stopped from using a washroom at Patna railway junction's waiting area and mocked with racial slurs by a passenger and staff member.

  Apr 2 · Patna, India1 source

• Trump calls Somali Americans 'low IQ' and 'bad people' at White House event

  During an Easter lunch speech at the White House, US President Donald Trump described Somali Americans as 'low IQ' and 'bad people,' drawing widespread criticism.

  Apr 1 · Washington, United States1 source

• Reform Scotland displays anti-migrant poster on vans at Glasgow press event

  At a press conference in Glasgow's east end, Reform UK Scotland figures posed in front of two vans displaying a poster showing non-white migrants on a boat with the text 'Scotland is at breaking point' and 'Glasgow has become the illegal migrant capital of the UK.'

  Apr 1 · Glasgow, United Kingdom2 sources

• Mapuche students threatened in racist attack at Temuco university ruka

  An unknown man entered a Mapuche ruka at the Universidad Católica de Temuco's north campus, shouted that the Mapuche were burning, threatened to kill those present, and confronted a Mapuche woman about singing Chile's national anthem in Mapudungun.

  Apr 1 · Temuco, Chile1 source

March 2026

• Moroccan migrant detained by ethnic-racial profiling in Valencia

  A 23-year-old Moroccan man was detained by police on the basis of ethnic-racial profiling and held in the CIE immigration detention centre in Valencia at the end of March.

  Mar 31 · Valencia, SpainXenophobia1 source

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 93
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 890
• Xenophobia 141