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L.A. County begins program to combat acts of hate

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[Image via “L.A. vs Hate” website]
LOS ANGELES – Responding to what officials called increased acts of hate in recent years, most notably against Asian-Americans due to the coronavirus pandemic, Los Angeles County Wednesday announced a campaign aimed at encouraging reporting of such incidents and responding to them.

The “L.A. vs Hate” campaign is a three-pronged effort that will include a marketing outreach campaign encouraging people to report acts of hate, improved resources for residents to report such acts through the county’s 211 hotline and a network of agencies to assist victims and develop prevention strategies.

“L.A. County is one of the most culturally diverse and vibrant communities in the world,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis said. “Despite our diversity, these past few years have seen a steady rise in reported hate acts in our county. We also know that as a result of COVID-19, there has been an ugly backlash toward our Asian-Pacific Islander community. Spikes in calls to the 211 hotline reflect that racism.”

Solis said that between January and July, there were 256 calls to the hotline reporting acts of hate, with 27 of them based on the coronavirus pandemic.

“One caller was called a derogatory term as an Asian-American and was also physically hit in the face,” Solis said. “An elderly Asian woman received hate mail containing articles about Asians and their alleged role in the spread of COVID-19. And one woman was threatened to ‘watch where she walked’ and was the victim of racist and sexist terms by a coworker. These acts do not reflect L.A. County.”

County officials said the campaign will enlist local artists to create anti-hate messages that also encourage people to report such acts. It will also enlist an array of organizations to offer services to victims and people in targeted communities. Among the organizations are the Anti-Defamation League, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles, Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council and Brotherhood Crusade.

“L.A. vs Hate is the first government program of its kind that recognizes that we can’t reduce hate by focusing solely on hate crimes,” Solis said. “We must address also the acts of hate.”

More information is available online at lavshate.org.

26 comments for "L.A. County begins program to combat acts of hate"

  1. When they do stupid woke sh!t like this and push identity politics, they are the biggest racists in the world, and they MAKE me hate them.

  2. “encouraging people to report acts of hate”

    Just reporting??? They want more people to report hurt feelings or disagreements that they THINK involved race?

    Why are they pleading for more reporting? Hey, if anyone thinks they have been slighted, call and report so the government can build a bigger database used to claim MORE racism from unsubstantiated claims and take more authority/budget.

    “Solis said. “We must address also the acts of hate.””

    She is demanding that people report incidents JUST SO she can claim political authority and demand MORE money to solve the world’s (perceived) problems.

    256 claims of expressions of hate over six months from a population to 10,000,000. Is this really a problem or are they MAKING the problem?

  3. … terrorist mobs tearing at the fabric of our society, the criminal-racist thugs are, ANTIFA and BLM. It’s the respectful, thoughtful law-abiding people, who aren’t –

    • White supremists are the biggest terrorist threat in this country going back years. They took off after President Obama was elected along with increased threats on him.

      So, shove it you know where Barbi.

      • The boogie man of “white supremists” has been around over a hundred years. It’s an urban myth that there were increased threats against him. The Secret Service released data stating threats were “comparable to that under George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.”

        BLM start during the Obama presidency.

    • I agree 1000% Barbi. Don’t listen to this jerk below as he is delusional, incoherent, and foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog with TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome).

      • You were right the first time Trumpist#1. You unwittingly told the truth or your brain did.

        Maybe you can translate this for us. It’s Trumpspeak.

        united shtashes of amurica.

        yo semites!

        thighland.

        the furniture of our children.

        Trump makes Bush Jr. sound like Shakespeare.

        What does Trump mean he didn’t have a stroke? Either that or he put in the wrong dentures.

        • Hey @TRUMP = PATRIOT:

          I know. I laughed when the post was processed, and I knew you’d pick that up, lol.

          BTW: You know that I’ve posted several times saying little Bush was the dumbest and worst POTUS in my lifetime, so we agree on that (WTF).

    • ANTIFA are white; BLM are mixed races and ethnicities coming together. White supremacists are agitators just following orders from our lawless president Trump and his thugs. Trump and his followers tearing at the fabric of our society.

  4. We have a racist Mayor in Palmdale and LA County only has to look at his hateful postings of the past on this and other community pages. He is behaving as of late as there is a election this fall. We doubt there will be anything done as he is a Republican in this District.

    • Just watch. When President Biden takes office next January the following are likely to happen>

      -Some nutty Republican in Congress will call for impeach for some ridiculous made up reason.

      -The Republicans will complain about the deficit/debt while they’ve been silent for 4 years under Trump.

      -Republicans will complian loudly about unemployment, a continuing recession and other things that
      were caused under Trump and McConnell.

      -Republicans will immediately complain about nuclear weapons in North Korea and Iran because
      Trump failed to do anything about all that.

      -I’ll bet Republicans will be saying that NATO is weak under Biden after Trump spent 4 years weakening
      it .

      -Republicans will blame Biden for record heat waves, record hurricanes and other results of climate change but still deny man-caused climate change. Figure that one out and explain it to us.

      There will be much more that I can’t even imagine but like the damaged USPS, no one else would have imagined it either.

      Republicans are so good at hypocrisy that they could give seminars on it. Actually they do. They’re called Fox News.
      President Biden will have a whole lot of repairing and restoration to do after Trump broke everything.

  5. Hate is going to get much worse in this world and in America. As a Christian I have faith when God says there will be darkness before the light, and He sends Jesus to reign as King on this earth. Peace and no more political parties.

    • It’s always darkest before it turns totally black.

      Please tell why Jesus is taking so long.

      You don’t seem to realize that some of the people who believe as you do are helping create things getting worse. The evangelicals that support Trump don’t realize it. And, he is makng things worse, on purpose.

      If we get rid of Trump we don’t need Jesus to return.

    • You poor thing, John. Here’s a tissue with aloe.

      Trump supporters with their pathetic grievances are such babies.

      Are you still being breastfed?

  7. Waste of money time and energy. Hilda Solis is a fraud. There are thousands of acts of hate daily towards religious, peace officers, small business owners, and the population in general by these fools refusing to make the streets safer for everyone and clean up the rat infested trash piles. Or you could speak up about the LA Teachers Union’s venom towards the LAPD. You know, those “killers”. Right Eric Garcetti.? You Communist Chinese tool!

        • How ’bout TRUMP 2020/2024/2028/2032.

          Ah, sh!t, let’s just go with TRUMP for world-wide royal king and emperor for life and forever, lolol.

          I am obnoxious, ain’t I?

          • You certainly are, Trumpist#1/32

            You realize that you aren’t funny so you might as well be obnoxious.

            There are no comedians on the right are there? They don’t get paradoxes or irony and they are just plain boring.

          • I’m pretty sure you don’t want to be judged on the content of your character, Trumpist#1/64.

            You’d average a 1.5 out of 10 when the judges hold their scorecards up. You don’t even have a nice finish.

            [pause]

            Waiting for a snappy comeback. I’ll need a calendar.