Invisible Hate

Today’s episode explores language's power and potential harm from our friends at Immigrantly podcast. Words aren’t harmless and are often dangerous. Slight differences in word choice alter people’s perceptions. Minor differences can turn humans into “animals.” In this episode Saadia urges us to think more critically about any media we encounter—from newspaper headlines and political rhetoric to ad...

Hate crimes have increased exponentially in the past few months. Saadia and Asad share some of the more egregious cases. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifelion Media. Contact us: info@invisiblehatepodcast.com For advertising opportunities, please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com    Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening...

On October 1, 2015, at the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg, Oregon, a 26-year-old student fatally shot an assistant professor and eight students in a classroom, and injured eight others. The mass shooting is the deadliest in Oregon's modern history. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials  CNN - October 4, 2015  CNN - September 23, 2023  New York Times - October 1, 2015  New...

Saadia and Asad update listeners on prominent stories they've covered in the past year. HOW YOU CAN HELP: Listeners can help by donating to nonprofit organizations, such as Women For Women, that seek to put an end to gender based violence and support survivors of such violence.  Listeners can also donate to the Southern Poverty Law Center as a means of supporting their work against male supremacy....

On Friday, May 23, 2014, Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, before killing himself. Source Materials  CBS News - May 26, 2014  Homeland Security Digital Library  Los Angeles Times - February 19, 2015  New York Times - May 24, 2014  BBC News  Southern Poverty Law Center  Police 1 - Santa Barbara Killer’s “Retri...

Alonzo Brooks goes missing after attending a party near La Cygne, Kansas. A month later his body is found. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials  https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/alonzo-brooks https://www.kmbc.com/article/alonzo-brooks-hate-crime-ly-cygne-kansas-fbi-investigation-murder/45457608# https://www.kmbc.com/article/kmbc-cold-case-alozno-brooks-party-murder/40024378# ht...

Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh-American in Mesa, Arizona, was murdered in a hate crime in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. His murderer racially profiled him as Arab Muslim because of his appearance. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials  NY Times Youtube AZCentral NBCNews Sikh America Legal Defense and Education Fund Huffington Post HOW YOU CAN HELP: The Sikh Coalition is one gr...

A 32-year-old man named Scott Amedure was killed by 24-year-old Jonathan Schmitz, three days after the men appeared as guests for a taping of an episode of The Jenny Jones Show. Amedure had publicly revealed in the episode that he had a secret crush on Schmitz. Saadia and Asad explore the story. Source Materials  The New York Times - November 13, 1996  The New York Times - December 5, 1996  People...

On March 21, 1981, 19-year-old Michael Donald was attached and murdered in Mobile, Alabama. It was one of the last reported lynchings in the United States. Several members of the KKK attacked and killed Donald, and hung his body from a tree. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials  CNN  The New York Times - November 1, 1987  The New York Times - September 20, 1988  ABC News Spartacus Edu...

In the evening on June 18, 1984, Alan Berg returns home after having dinner with his ex-wife. As he steps out of his Volkswagen Beetle he is shot 12 times by members of a white supremacist group. Saadia and Asad share the story. (Part 2 of 2). Source Materials   History Channel  Rolling Stone  Global Terrorism Database  Los Angeles Times  The New York Times - June 20, 1984  The New York Times - Ma...

In the evening on June 18, 1984, Alan Berg returns home after having dinner with his ex-wife. As he steps out of his Volkswagen Beetle he is shot 12 times by members of a white supremacist group. Saadia and Asad share the story. (Part 1 of 2). Source Materials  History Channel  Rolling Stone  Global Terrorism Database  Los Angeles Times  The New York Times - June 20, 1984  The New York Times - Oct...

On February 22, 2017, Adam Purinton shoots two Indian men, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani at a restaurant in Olathe, Kansas. Purinton reportedly yelled "get out of my country" and "terrorist" before firing. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials  PBS News  CNN  NBC News - January 29, 2018  NBC News - May 4, 2018  NBC News - August 7, 2018  NPR - KCUR  The New York Times   WIBW 1...

A Canadian transgender woman is strangled to death in North Vancouver, British Columbia after a 29-year-old named Jatin Patel discovers she is transgender during a sexual encounter. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials  Vancouver Sun - March 16, 2008   Vancouver Sun - September 13, 2009  Vancouver Sun - April 28, 2021  The Tyee  Surrey Now Leader - March 16, 2018  Surrey Now Leader -...

Three young black women step on to a bus heading towards SUNY Albany in January 2016. They find three open seats a the back of the bus. Soon afterwards a fight breaks out with other passengers. Saadia and Asad investigate if it is a hate crime. Source Materials  Murderpedia - Raul Osiel Marroquin Reyes  Wilmington Star-News  Press Release By The PGR On The Capture Of Marroquin  El Heraldo De Méxic...

In this second part of our two-episode series from Immigrantly, Saadia dissects the term "Missing White Girl Syndrome"---where did the phrase come from, why are white women overrepresented in missing person cases, and what can be done to address the disparity? This is a special two-part feed drop from our friends at Immigrantly. Hosted by Saadia Khan and Asad Butt. Produced by Immigrantly & Rifeli...

Today's episode is about the disappearance of Sofia Juarez the day before her 5th birthday and the TikTok video 18 years later that reignited the search for her. Sofia Juarez’s case is related to "Missing White Girl Syndrome,"—a term used to describe the overrepresentation of missing white women and girls in the media. This is a special two-part feed drop from our friends at Immigrantly. Hosted by...

In 2005, Raúl Osiel Marroquín Reyes, also known as El Sádico, began a spree of kidnapping and killing that left four people dead in Mexico City. All of the victims were homosexual men. Asad and Saadia share the story. Source Materials  Murderpedia - Raul Osiel Marroquin Reyes  Wilmington Star-News  Press Release By The PGR On The Capture Of Marroquin  El Heraldo De México  Scena Criminia  NVI Noti...

On August 3, 2019, a 21-year-old gunman walked into the Walmart in El Paso, Texas and killed 23 people. The shooting was the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history and considered an act of domestic terrorism. Saadia and Asad share the second part of the story. Source Materials  CNN  NPR  CBS News  CBS News Broadcast Segment - Shooting Survivor  CBS News Broadcast Segment - Beto O’R...

On August 3, 2019, a 21-year-old gunman walked into the Walmart in El Paso, Texas and killed 23 people. The shooting was the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history and considered an act of domestic terrorism. Saadia and Asad share the story in two parts. Source Materials  CNN  NPR  CBS News  CBS News Broadcast Segment - Shooting Survivor  CBS News Broadcast Segment - Beto O’Rourke...

Just before Christmas in 1984, Bernard Goetz shoots four African American teens after they allegedly tried to rob him on a New York City Subway Train in Manhattan. Saadia and Asad share the story and its national impact. SOURCE MATERIALS: Encyclopedia Britannica  Famous Trials - The Bernhard Goetz Trial  The New York Times - May 2, 1987 The New York Times - May 20, 1987  The New York Times - Septe...

On June 24, 1973, an arsonist attacked a gay bar called The UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans, Louisiana. Thirty-two people died and more than a dozen others were injured. Saadia and Asad share the story and the attack's legacy. SOURCE MATERIALS: New Orleans Historical  History Channel  Time  Louisiana State Legislature  WBUR  NYPL  Mississippi Center For Investigative Reporting  CrimeReads - Tinderb...

Yoshi Hattori, a Japanese student on an exchange program in the United States was on his way to a Halloween party in Louisiana. He showed up at the wrong house by mistake and was killed by the property owner. His death sparked world-wide attention of race relations and gun ownership. Saadia and Asad share the case. SOURCE MATERIALS: The Guardian - March 22, 2018  The New York Times - October 23, 1...

Early in the morning of August 5th, 2017, a handful of Muslim congregants have gathered for morning prayers at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. But the quiet is suddenly disrupted by the loud smash of a window and the bang of an explosion. A homemade pipe bomb was sent off. Saadia and Asad Share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS: Justice Department | WNYC Studios | MPR News |...

Three Muslim college students were killed in their apartment building in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2015. The police said it was because of a parking dispute. Family and friends said the victims were targeted because they were Muslim. Saadia and Asad break down the case to figure out if it was a hate crime. (Replay & Update) Learn more about the foundation honoring the legacy of the victims: O...

On May 17, 2017, Jimmy Smith-Kramer and about 10 friends are celebrating his 20th birthday in Washington’s Olympic park. Smith-Kramer and his friends are all Native American and members of the Quinault Nation. A pickup truck shows up and starts doing doughnuts on the patch of gravel nearby. Soon Smith-Kramer is run over. Saadia and Asad Share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS: WBUR, KXRO, ICT News, KOMO...