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November 2026

• Colonists burn Palestinian vehicles and house, spray racist slogans

  Colonists burned two vehicles belonging to two brothers and set fire to a house under construction in the Wadi al-Rakhim area of Yatta, spray-painting racist slogans on its walls.

  Nov 3 · Yatta, Palestine3 sources

• TV host tells Arab-Israeli presenter 'you're not in a village here' on air

  During an election-night broadcast at Channel 13, co-host Eyal Berkovich told Arab-Israeli presenter Lucy Aharish to "calm down, you're not in a village here," after she objected to a colleague's reference to "90 Zionist mandates."

  Nov 2 · Israel1 source

• Israeli broadcaster's presenter apologizes for remarks about Bedouin women

  A presenter on Israel's public broadcaster Kan described Bedouin women in the Negev as "mostly women who get beaten" and linked their dress to polygamy and violence during a radio interview, prompting complaints from feminist and Bedouin groups and an apology.

  Nov 2 · IsraelSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Influencer reports racist comments attacking her Afro hair on Instagram

  A digital influencer in Rio Branco reported that a woman posted a series of comments on Instagram mocking her appearance and Afro hair.

  Nov 2 · Rio Branco, Brazil1 source

• Trump calls Muslim Senate candidate 'jihadist' at Iowa rally

  At a campaign rally in Iowa, President Donald Trump called Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is Muslim, a "jihadist" and said Congress would need a "special metal detector for Abdul" if he were elected.

  Nov 2 · Iowa, United States1 source

• Ex-moderator Waldemar Hartmann criticized for racist post about Elif Eralp

  Former ARD sports moderator Waldemar Hartmann posted on X that he has "a problem" with a Berlin governing mayor being named Elif Eralp, citing her migration background.

  Nov 2 · Germany1 source

• Racist party distributes leaflets to children at Helsinki market square

  The openly racist Sinimusta liike set up a tent at Vuosaari's Mosaiikkitori and handed out leaflets and stickers bearing the slogan "vain paluumuutto voi pysäyttää väestönvaihdon," including to minors.

  Nov 1 · Helsinki, Finland1 source

October 2026

• Police munition found inscribed with pork brand names at Lille protest

  During a demonstration against the high cost of living in Lille, a protester who picked up a police LBD round found the words "Justin Bridou" and "Cochonou" — pork charcuterie brands — written on it, which he described as Islamophobic and racist inscriptions by Lille police.

  Oct 31 · Lille, FranceReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Racist, xenophobic stickers pasted on La France insoumise office in Pontarlier

  Three stickers with racist and ultranationalist slogans, including "White lives matter" and a link to Confederate and OAS flags, were found on the windows of a La France insoumise office in Pontarlier.

  Oct 31 · Pontarlier, FranceXenophobia1 source

• Masked group attacks bar patrons, injuring four, in suspected anti-white assault

  About 30 masked youths threw projectiles and beat patrons outside the bar Le Corner in Sotteville-lès-Rouen with signposts, injuring four people, three seriously.

  Oct 31 · Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France1 source

• 'Remigration' graffiti found on luxury shop fronts in central Paris

  Racist and anti-foreigner graffiti promoting "remigration" was discovered on the facades of several luxury shops in central Paris.

  Oct 31 · Paris, FranceXenophobia2 sources

• Couple rides through Indiana streets in KKK costumes on Halloween

  A couple rode horseback through residential neighborhoods of Huntington, Indiana in Ku Klux Klan costumes while families and children were trick-or-treating.

  Oct 31 · Huntington, United States2 sources

• Catholic men beaten in Rouen after being called 'dirty whites'

  A group of young Catholic men celebrating a birthday was insulted as "dirty whites" and "fachos" and then beaten by a group of youths near the Docks 76 in Rouen; at least three complaints were filed citing a racist or religious motive.

  Oct 31 · Rouen, France1 source

• Burger King worker wore blackface at drive-thru, video shows

  A white Burger King drive-thru employee in Faribault, Minnesota, was filmed wearing blackface makeup while serving customers and told a customer that wearing blackface isn't bad "as long as you have a good heart."

  Oct 31 · Faribault, United States1 source

• Skeleton hung from fire truck ladder at school event draws racism complaint

  At a trunk-or-treat event in a school parking lot, a fire company raised a ladder and hung a fake skeleton from it by the neck.

  Oct 30 · Coxsackie, United States1 source

• Student called Marielle Franco a racist slur in university WhatsApp group

  A student at PUC-Rio called Marielle Franco 'macaca' and questioned how she paid for college in a student WhatsApp group.

  Oct 30 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3 sources

• Butcher shop worker in Nuremberg harassed by customers over her origin

  A 26-year-old saleswoman from Zimbabwe working at a Nuremberg butcher shop was repeatedly subjected to racist remarks and refusals by customers, including "She doesn't belong here" and "I don't want sausage a Black person touched," which sometimes left her in tears.

  Oct 30 · Nuremberg, Germany1 source

• Home of 90-year-old Indigenous spiritual leader burned in Tacuru

  The home of a 90-year-old Indigenous spiritual leader, who had been labeled a witch and subjected to racism, was set on fire in the Jaguapiré village in Tacuru.

  Oct 29 · Tacuru, Brazil1 source

• Mosque in Lodève targeted with racist, Islamophobic graffiti and threats

  A mosque in Lodève was defaced with an 'Islam dehors' tag and received an envelope containing a dead bird and the inscription 'La valise ou le cercueil', prompting a citizen rally in support of the local Muslim community.

  Oct 27 · Lodève, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Settlers torch three vehicles, scrawl racist slogans in West Bank village

  Israeli settlers entered the western neighborhood of Umm Safa after midnight, set fire to three vehicles and wrote racist slogans on retaining walls in the village.

  Oct 27 · Umm Safa, Palestinian Territories1 source

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 92
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 874
• Xenophobia 141