“Sadly, we expect an increase in hate and bullying targeting that community,” he said. He said another focus will be to raise awareness about hate during election cycles, which occur largely because of false information on social media and political rhetoric.Īmong the proactive steps the center will take include advocating for large numbers of Afghan refugees who are expected to come to Southern California, Fouladi said. The new center will take a deeper dive and perform “reflective analysis” on crucial data collected through surveys that generated the bullying reports, which CAIR California has released every two years for the last decade, Fouladi said. 29, which showed that about 56% of Muslim students in California said they feel “unsafe, unwelcome or uncomfortable” in school because of their religious identity. Bonta has been on a statewide tour, making stops in Southern California cities including Riverside, Santa Ana, Long Beach to talk about preventing hate crimes and incidents with local officials and grassroots groups.ĬAIR California released its 2021 Bullying Report Oct.

Crescent Ave., in Anaheim Wednesday and threw his office’s support behind all efforts to combat hate. Hate jumped in Orange County last year so did push backĬalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta helped to unveil the center, at 2180 W.California hate crime bill gets last-minute approval from Newsom.California AG visits Riverside to talk fighting hate crime.State Attorney General Bonta in Santa Ana for roundtable on combating hate crimes.Nearly 56% of California’s Muslim students feel unsafe or unwelcome at school, survey shows.“(A college campus) is no long a place to share free thought,” he said, adding that those members of the community who are “visibly Muslim” such as women who wear hijabs or head scarves, are also targets of hate.

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