racist hate speech by Trump

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/un-panel-says-racist-hate-speech-trump-has-led-human-rights-abuses

A UNITED NATIONS-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination has blamed racist hate speech by President Donald Trump and other US political leaders, along with a crackdown on immigration, for causing “grave human rights violations.”

The Geneva-based Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published its decision on Wednesday, urging US authorities to suspend immigration enforcement operations at and near schools, hospitals and faith-based institutions.

Made under the committee’s early warning protocol, the decision is not legally binding but seeks to hold the country to its own international commitments.

The committee said it also was “deeply disturbed” by the use of derogatory and dehumanising language in reference to migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. 

Committee members attributed a reported rise in racial discrimination to “racist hate speech” targeting those groups, but they did not point to any specific data. 

Besides speech, there is also concern about the impact of politicians and other public figures weaponising stereotypes to incite hate crimes and discrimination.

“Portraying them as criminals or as a burden, by politicians and influential public figures at the highest level, particularly the president,” the committee said in a news release, “may incite racial discrimination and hate crimes.”

Mr Trump has been in office when the UN condemned systemic racism, hate and discrimination, as were former presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama. 

But the panel this time specifically cited the current president’s speech as part of the problem. It did not criticise Mr Biden or Mr Obama for their rhetoric.

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