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YOUTUBE (CNN) - Texas Republican's xenophobic post draws criticism

Bo French, a Texas Republican running for the Texas Railroad Commission, posted on X what critics described as a xenophobic image targeting Asian students at a UT football game. CNN's Patrick Svitek reports.

JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Department of Homeland Security deletes AI-generated image after backlash

The AI-generated post showed the "Transformers" character confronting a bearded man wearing a turban, and it included the message "Self-deport or find out" and told "Mr. Singh" to get off American roads because he did not "know how to drive."

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Berlin's taxpayer-funded pool planned a swim session for Black visitors only — then canceled it after public backlash

A publicly funded swimming pool in Berlin announced it would bar everyone except Black communities from a six-hour window on a Friday afternoon, drawing condemnation from across Germany's political spectrum before organizers quietly pulled the plug. The temporary open-air pool, built in front of the historic Volksbühne theatre at a cost of roughly €300,000 in […] The post Berlin's taxpayer-funded pool planned a swim session for Black visitors only — then canceled it after public backlash appeared first on American Almanac .

A publicly funded swimming pool in Berlin announced it would bar everyone except Black communities from a six-hour window on a Friday afternoon, drawing condemnation from across Germany's political spectrum before organizers quietly pulled the plug. The temporary open-air pool, built in front of the historic Volksbühne theatre at a cost of roughly €300,000 in public money, had been open barely a week when its operators posted a notice reserving the facility "exclusively to Black communities" on Friday, August 14, from noon to 6 p.m. The pool, free to enter, requiring no ID, was originally marketed as a place for all Berliners to cool off in a city where, by the theatre director's own admission, half the indoor and outdoor pools are…Open

AI:Berlin bureaucrats attempted to use €300,000 in taxpayer funds to host a racially segregated swim session exclusively for Black communities at a temporary open-air pool near the Volksbühne theatre. The move sparked immediate condemnation from across the German political spectrum, with leaders questioning the legality and morality of using public resources to implement racial segregation. While organizers eventually canceled the event citing security concerns rather than acknowledging the inherent discrimination, the incident highlights an ongoing trend in Germany where progressive institutions prioritize identity politics over equal access to public infrastructure.Open

AMERICANGREATNESS (Lipton Matthews) - The Tribal Mind: Understanding South Africa’s Xenophobic Violence Through Developmental Psychology

The images are harrowing. South African mobs wielding machetes and clubs, forcing foreign nationals from their homes, looting their shops, and, in some cases, ending […] Source

AI:South Africa is currently gripped by harrowing waves of xenophobic violence, characterized by mobs using machetes and clubs to forcibly evict foreign nationals from their homes and loot their businesses. This surge in brutality highlights deep-seated social fractures that can be analyzed through the lens of developmental psychology and tribalism. As these violent clashes intensify, the instability underscores a growing global trend of localized territorial aggression and the breakdown of civil order within vulnerable regions.Open

NYTIMES (John Eligon) - 3 Myths Fueling Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in South Africa

As the nation convulses with protests and violence, data and research suggest that some of the biggest arguments against foreigners don’t stand up against the facts.

NYTIMES (John Eligon, Zimasa Matiwane and Joao Silva) - Inside the Fight to Rid South Africa of Black Immigrants

As immigration surges in the country, activists are going to extreme lengths to expel foreign nationals, often taking the law into their own hands.

NPR (Kate Bartlett) - 'They can kill you': Immigrants fear a surge in xenophobic violence in South Africa

Foreign-owned businesses have been attacked, migrants driven from their homes, and several killed. A leading xenophobic group has given all undocumented immigrants until June 30 to leave the country.

NPR (Huo Jingnan) - The White House's new site about 'aliens' has nothing to do with UFOs

The site compares undocumented immigrants to extraterrestrials, refers to people as "it," and says "they do not belong here"

aliens.gov , a new White House web page focuses on immigration enforcement but the design takes inspiration from the X-Files.'/Open

AMERICANTHINKER - Trump going after antisemitism on campuses isn’t about protecting Jews…it’s about xenophobia and attacking education?

The Jew-haters want you to believe it’s a “cynical ploy” to destroy immigrants and higher ed.