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6 statements. Casts a group as a problem to be managed, stopping short of the tiers above.

Calls for violence: 23 of 320Threatening: 5 of 320Hateful: 286 of 320Stigmatizing: 6 of 320

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6 recorded statements, the most serious of them stigmatizing, on both tracks. Across 2 countries.

A team sheet on a clipboard with the names blanked out
StigmatizingMay 2026USProtected groups
What was said

The American squad was announced, and one post treated the 26 names as a choice between two racial stereotypes.

Who it targets

Black and Hispanic players on the roster, and by extension Black and Hispanic Americans

A microphone in a small radio studio with the on-air light off
StigmatizingJul 2026USProtected groups
What was said

A podcast covered a birthright citizenship ruling as a win for what it called the Third World.

Who it targets

Immigrants and their American-born children

A mirror on a wall with a crack running down the middle
StigmatizingW29ILPolitical opponents
What was said

An Israeli NGO called the country's own human-rights groups a self-hating ilk serving its enemies.

Who it targets

Israeli human-rights organizations, framed as an internal traitor faction

A loudspeaker horn on a pole with a mute symbol painted on the wall behind
StigmatizingW29USProtected groups
What was said

Indiana's lieutenant governor called for banning the Muslim call to prayer, then warned about the rise of Islam.

Who it targets

Muslims, through the presence of the religion itself

A ballot paper being folded in half and put in a pocket
StigmatizingW29USProtected groups
What was said

A podcaster said women's suffrage stole half his vote, and that his wife casts it back for him.

Who it targets

Women

An old newspaper column clipping pinned up, yellowed with age
StigmatizingJul 2026USProtected groups
What was said

A 2014 column arguing that soccer viewership proves the wrong people were let in got republished mid-tournament.

Who it targets

Immigrants and their American-born descendants

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