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September 2026

• Candidate posts racist remarks about South Asian students at UT Austin

  Bo French, a candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, shared a post on X showing a photo of South Asian students at the University of Texas at Austin and referred to them as foreigners who displaced Americans.

  Sep 13 · Austin, United States2 sources

• Nightclub in San Pedro Garza García accused of skin-color entry filter

  A nightclub in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, was accused of operating a strict skin-color filter that denied entry to dark-skinned or non-white patrons, according to leaked WhatsApp messages and audio attributed to a reservations employee.

  Sep 12 · San Pedro Garza García, Mexico1 source

• Reform UK backer Arron Banks complains of 'no white faces' at Heathrow

  Arron Banks, a key Reform UK backer and ally of Nigel Farage, posted on X that there was not 'one white face in security or airport services' at Heathrow, drawing condemnation as racist.

  Sep 11 · London, United Kingdom1 source

• Motorcyclists disrupt Friday prayers at Kaunas mosque with pig's head

  About 100 motorcyclists gathered near the Kaunas Mosque during Friday prayers, revving engines and playing music to disrupt worship, and displayed a severed pig's head while shouting racist slogans.

  Sep 11 · Kaunas, Lithuania1 source

• Two men assaulted in Oviedo after confronting vandals who tore down rainbow flag and anti-racist sign

  A group of about eight young people vandalized a festival stall in Oviedo, tearing down a rainbow flag and an anti-racist sign.

  Sep 11 · Oviedo, SpainQueer Discrimination6 sources

• Swastikas and racial slurs spray-painted across San Diego neighborhood

  Vandals spray-painted swastikas and racial slurs on homes, fences and vehicles in the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, including the N-word and a swastika on a resident's hauling truck and a swastika on a Jewish neighbor's property.

  Sep 10 · San Diego, United StatesReligious Discrimination1 source

• US Homeland Security poster tells 'Mr Singh' to self-deport

  The US Department of Homeland Security posted an AI-generated image on X telling 'Mr Singh' to 'self-deport or find out', part of a campaign about commercial drivers.

  Sep 9 · Washington, United StatesXenophobia4 sources

• Madrid district bans Moroccan crafts fair while allowing Spanish one

  Madrid's Centro district refused to license a Moroccan cultural association's traditional crafts fair in Plaza Juan Goytisolo, citing new rules barring markets in public spaces, while permitting a similar Spanish craftsmen's fair near the same site.

  Sep 8 · Madrid, Spain1 source

• Manipur musician dies after alleged assault in Delhi

  A musician from Manipur died after an alleged assault in Delhi's Sunlight Colony, in an attack attributed to racism against people from India's northeast.

  Sep 7 · Delhi, India1 source

• Girl harassed as 'invader' at protest in Ceuta

  A 13-year-old girl of Moroccan descent was insulted and accused of being an 'invasora' and having tuberculosis by participants in a protest in Ceuta, who demanded she show her ID.

  Sep 6 · Ceuta, Spain2 sources

• Woman accused of harassing San Jose father over race, posting video

  A woman confronted a father in San Jose's Almaden neighborhood, accusing him of sex-trafficking his daughter and commenting on their different skin colors, then posted the video on TikTok.

  Sep 6 · San Jose, United States1 source

• Death threats, swastika spray-painted on signs along Sikh procession route

  Several transit signs along the route of a Sikh Nagar Kirtan procession in downtown Winnipeg were spray-painted with death threats against Indians and a swastika.

  Sep 6 · Winnipeg, CanadaReligious Discrimination1 source

• Man gives racist sticker to 4-year-old girl on train

  A man boarded a Z train near Mäntsälä and handed a four-year-old girl of immigrant background a sticker from the openly racist Blue-and-Black Movement reading 'extinction or repatriation'.

  Sep 5 · Mäntsälä, Finland1 source

• Journalist calls Rep. Hakeem Jeffries an 'AIPAC monkey' on podcast

  Progressive journalist Rula Jebreal, appearing on a podcast, referred to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as a 'bought and paid by AIPAC monkey,' a racial slur aimed at the Black congressman.

  Sep 4 · United States4 sources

• Italo-Dominican cook beaten by group of youths in Francavilla al Mare

  A 26-year-old Italo-Dominican cook was surrounded and beaten by a group of young restaurant customers after his shift in Francavilla al Mare, suffering injuries with a 40-day prognosis.

  Sep 4 · Francavilla al Mare, Italy1 source

• Passenger shouted racist and homophobic abuse on diverted flight

  A passenger on a flight from Dallas to Newark shouted racist and homophobic insults at a flight attendant, threatened the man seated beside him, struck him and destroyed his computer, prompting a diversion to Maryland.

  Sep 3 · Baltimore, United StatesQueer Discrimination3 sources

• TV host Andi Peters called 'high yella' by actress Miriam Margolyes on air

  During an interview on This Morning, actress Miriam Margolyes used the dated racial slur 'high yella' while questioning host Andi Peters about his skin color and racial background, asking whether he had 'a Black daddy and a white mummy.'

  Sep 3 · London, United Kingdom1 source

• Trump's GB News interview: racist rant against Sadiq Khan and immigrants

  In an interview with GB News' Bev Turner, US President Donald Trump attacked London Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming 'a different culture' had entered London and that Khan remained in power through immigrant votes, and alleged 'no-go areas' and 'Sharia courts' in the city.

  Sep 3 · London, United Kingdom1 source

• Ceuta solidarity rally in Madrid ends in clashes and racist chanting

  A demonstration in support of Ceuta outside the Congress in Madrid ended in clashes with police, and dozens of participants chanted racist slogans including 'Whoever doesn't jump is a Muslim' and 'Spain is Christian, not Muslim'.

  Sep 3 · Madrid, Spain1 source

• Footballer racially abused on social media after Hull City transfer

  A 19-year-old striker was targeted with racist comments on social media shortly after his transfer to Hull City was announced.

  Sep 3 · Hull, United Kingdom1 source

Other categories

• Religious Discrimination 320
• Queer Discrimination 93
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 876
• Xenophobia 141