Bigotry finds a voice and venue in Massachusetts
Zaki Alaoui, a Milton Academy freshman, was crossing a street on campus with two friends recently. They stopped to let a car pass. The driver, a middle-aged white woman, stopped and held up a sign that read “Show Me Your Green Card” and then sped off.
In Jamaica Plain, a gay woman was harassed in her neighborhood bar. In Fall River, a Jewish woman was greeted by a swastika tattooed on the house across the street. In Beverly, a black woman was targeted by racial epithets scribbled at her artist’s studio.
These episodes are among hundreds reported by Massachusetts residents since the start of the year as part of two independent efforts to assess the frequency and scope of intolerance. The reports show the incidents of hate are woven into everyday life for people of color, gays and lesbians, and others.
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