[from the publisher] A moving and timely
collection of testimonials from people impacted by hate before and
after the 2016 presidential election.
“Why am I in this
country now? Should I move elsewhere? Do I want to raise my kids in
this country, where hate is so visible and rampant? I’ve been in
this fight for decades, but even I struggle. Deep down, though, I
know we need to stay the course and continue the fight.” —Marwan
Kreidie, after a pig’s head was thrown at the Al-Aqsa Islamic
Society Mosque in Philadelphia
In American Hate:
Survivors Speak Out, Arjun Singh Sethi, a community activist and
civil rights lawyer, chronicles the stories of individuals affected
by hate. In a series of powerful, unfiltered testimonials, survivors
tell their stories in their own words and describe how the bigoted
rhetoric and policies of the Trump administration have intensified
bullying, discrimination, and even violence toward them and their
communities.
We hear from the
family of Khalid Jabara, who was murdered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in
August 2016 by a man who had previously harassed and threatened them
because they were Arab American. Sethi brings us the story of
Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented mother of four who took sanctuary
in a Denver church in February 2017 because she feared deportation
under Trump’s cruel immigration enforcement regime. Sethi
interviews Taylor Dumpson, a young black woman who was elected
student body president at American University only to find nooses
hanging across campus on her first day in office. We hear from many
more people impacted by the Trump administration, including Native,
black, Arab, Latinx, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Muslim, Jewish,
Sikh, undocumented, refugee, transgender, queer, and people with
disabilities.
A necessary book for
these times, American Hate explores this tragic moment in U.S.
history by empowering survivors whose voices white supremacists and
right-wing populist movements have tried to silence. It also provides
ideas and practices for resistance that all of us can take to combat
hate both now and in the future.
