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.
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."
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
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
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.
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.