The Anti-Defamation league found a 61 percent jump in racist and antisemitic flyers appearing around the state last year while the rest of the nation had a 38 percent rise in such incidents.
Members of the Aryan Freedom Network perform the Nazi salute and shout slurs against supporters of the LGBTQIA+ community in Katy last year. Hate groups such as this one have become emboldened.Reflecting a national trend, documented hate crimes are on the rise in Texas, and so isAnd they’re increasing in Texas quicker than any other state, even as Texas’ population becomes increasingly diverse.
San Antonio had more such incidents in 2021 and 2022 than it did in the previous decade. The Express-News reported the number “rose steadily from zero in 2011 to 11 in 2020 before a sharp increase to 31 incidents in 2021.”with hateful flyers, prompting city leaders to state that “racism and hatred are not welcome” in San Antonio. But white power signs and neo-Nazi recruiting posters began to appear more frequently.
In Houston, one of the most diverse metro regions in the nation, hateful messages appeared nearly weekly.
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