Emboldened white nationalists? Look no further than this liberal Oregon college town
“That stubborn legacy of bigotry persists in Eugene, where city officials this year have recorded nearly 60 hate crimes, up from 44 last year. Officials said vandalism and graffiti made up 20 percent of the hate crimes reported between January and October.
“Statewide, hate crimes were up 60 percent in 2016 from the previous year, representing one of the largest increases of any state, according to an analysis of federal data by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.”
Accusations that a Eugene businesswoman harbored racist views has fed community anxieties about a new boldness among a relatively small but steady number of white nationalists, members of an old movement galvanized by Trump’s ascendancy to the presidency. The upheaval also has trained a spotlight on…
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