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Congressional candidate targeted with anti-Haitian rhetoric in New York primary

A senior adviser to Rep. Adriano Espaillat accused candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier of helping turn Washington Heights into a 'bastion of the Haitian, Muslim community,' and she was trolled online with assumptions that she is Haitian because of her surname. Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced the use of 'Haitian' as a slur in the attacks.

  • New York, United States
  • Severity 1 of 5 — Discriminatory speech or policy

Source

  1. haitiantimes.com/2026/06/23/anti-haitian-bias-in-dominican-political-circles-laid-bare-in-ny-congressional-race/

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