Incidents of racism around the world

Incidents over time

Every incident

Incidents 451–470 of 494, newest first. See the newest

January 2026

• CMS administrator alleges Armenian community ran health care fraud in LA video

  In a video posted on social media, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz alleged that members of Los Angeles's Armenian community orchestrated large-scale hospice and home care fraud, referring to 'the Russian Armenian mafia' while standing near an Armenian bakery in Van Nuys.

  Jan 27 · Los Angeles, United States3 sources

• Dutch police officer kicks and beats two Muslim women in Utrecht

  A police officer in Utrecht kicked and struck two Muslim women with a baton, an attack Dutch police described as racist and which was captured on video circulating on social media.

  Jan 26 · Utrecht, Netherlands1 source

• Bomb thrown into crowd at Invasion Day rally in Perth

  A homemade bomb was thrown into a crowd at the start of a Day of Mourning rally at Forrest Place in Boorloo/Perth.

  Jan 26 · Perth, Australia2 sources

• Settlers set fire to two cars, scrawl racist slogans in Atara

  Settlers attacked the village of Atara north of Ramallah before dawn, setting fire to two vehicles belonging to residents and writing racist anti-Palestinian slogans on the wall of a house.

  Jan 25 · Atara, Palestine6 sources

• Journalist racially attacked online over interracial relationship

  An eNCA reporter was targeted online with racist slurs and threats over her interracial relationship with a colleague, after she questioned US President Donald Trump about 'white genocide' claims.

  Jan 24 · South Africa1 source

• Rep. Maxwell Frost punched at Sundance by man who threatened deportation

  A man punched Rep. Maxwell Frost in the face at a bar during the Sundance Film Festival after telling him 'we are going to deport you and your kind' and yelling a racial slur.

  Jan 23 · Park City, United StatesXenophobia1 source

• Councillor spat on and told to leave the country in Navan

  A Nigerian-Irish Meath county councillor was approached by a man in Navan town centre who told her she was not welcome and to go back to where she came from, then spat on her before leaving while shouting she should get out of the country.

  Jan 23 · Navan, Ireland2 sources

• Rental agent tells prospective Black tenant flat is for white person

  A Remax rental agent asked a prospective tenant about their ethnicity and told them a one-bedroom apartment in Sinoville, Pretoria was reserved for a white person.

  Jan 22 · Pretoria, South Africa1 source

• Hungarian minister uses slur against Roma in Balatonalmadi speech

  A Hungarian cabinet minister told residents of Balatonalmadi that Roma are only suited for cleaning toilets, using an offensive term for Roma.

  Jan 22 · Balatonalmadi, Hungary3 sources

• Syrian-origin student assaulted by masked attackers in Décines-Charpieu

  Three masked individuals shaved the eyebrows and slashed the face of a 17-year-old student of Syrian origin with a razor while shouting racist insults as he walked to school in Décines-Charpieu.

  Jan 19 · Décines-Charpieu, FranceReligious Discrimination1 source

• Influencers sing antisemitic song at Miami Beach club

  A group of influencers were filmed singing along to Kanye West's antisemitic song 'Heil Hitler' in a van and again inside Vendôme nightclub in Miami Beach after requesting it.

  Jan 18 · Miami Beach, United StatesReligious Discrimination4 sources

• Man hurls N-word at Black 7-Eleven employee in Florida

  A man threw candy and shouted the N-word at a Black female 7-Eleven employee in Florida, then slammed his hand against a store window when she filmed him.

  Jan 18 · Florida, United States1 source

• Indigenous man shot and killed by RCMP at Neqotkuk First Nation

  RCMP officers shot and killed Bronson Paul, an Indigenous man, at a residence on Main Street in Neqotkuk First Nation during a domestic dispute call.

  Jan 18 · Neqotkuk First Nation, Canada2 sources

• Four South Asian immigrant teens injured in racist assault at London park

  Four immigrant youths from the Malayali community were injured, one critically with an eye injury, in a targeted racist assault at Victoria Park in London, Ontario.

  Jan 18 · London, CanadaXenophobia1 source

• Anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian graffiti found at Bethesda high school

  Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian graffiti was found on an exterior wall of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.

  Jan 16 · Bethesda, United StatesReligious Discrimination1 source

• US diplomat's post calls refugees 'barbarian rapist hordes'

  A US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy posted comments on X referring to predominantly Syrian Muslim asylum-seekers as 'barbarian rapist hordes,' drawing widespread condemnation.

  Jan 15 · United StatesReligious Discrimination1 source

• Migrant care workers in Bilbao denounce racist labour exploitation

  A group of women working in community homes for the elderly in Bilbao denounced through the LAB union that the owner exploits migrant and racialised workers, in some cases without contracts and with pay below the collective agreement, and that she insults and threatens them.

  Jan 14 · Bilbao, Spain1 source

• Bridge honouring residential school survivors vandalized in Port Alberni

  A bridge in Port Alberni honouring residential school survivors was vandalized with racist and derogatory words.

  Jan 14 · Port Alberni, Canada1 source

• Assamese student assaulted by five peers at Madhya Pradesh university hostel

  A 22-year-old postgraduate student from Assam was assaulted by five fellow students at the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University hostel in Amarkantak, Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh.

  Jan 13 · Amarkantak, India3 sources

• Racist chants aimed at Vinicius in Albacete ahead of Copa del Rey match

  A group of individuals in a bar near the stadium in Albacete chanted racist slurs at Real Madrid player Vinicius ahead of the Copa del Rey match.

  Jan 13 · Albacete, Spain1 source

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 321
• Queer Discrimination 94
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 903
• Xenophobia 141