Thread by @propublica

1/ Here at @ProPublica, we've been documenting hate incidents using tips from the public. It turns out that "go back to your country" or "go back to [X] country" is one of the most common phrases we've identified in the @DocumentHate tips database.

2/ Yesterday, President Trump said in a tweet that four congresswomen of color should "go back" to the countries they came from. (Three of the women were born in the US.)

3/ Let's take a look at just how common this language is. Here are examples from just a few of our 170 newsroom partners 👇🏽👇🏽

4/ @UniNoticias interviewed dozens of people who said they'd been told this phrase, from Pennsylvania to Georgia to West Virginia.
univision.com/univision-news…

5/ Univision also reported a story on Walmart-related hate incidents, several of which involved this phrase: an Arkansas woman was told to "go home" to Mexico, and a New Mexico Walmart employee was told to "go back to your country" by a customer. univision.com/univision-news…

6/ @nytopinion interviewed a Brooklyn mom who was walking with her 19-month-old and was told to "go back to your country." nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opi…

7/ @HuffPost used our database to find nearly 100 news clips from 2016 and 2017 of hate incidents in which this type of phrase was used. huffpost.com/entry/american…

8/ They also reported a story on Muslim women targeted in road rage incidents; some of the women were told to "go back to your country." huffpost.com/entry/muslim-w…

9/ HuffPost did another road rage story about a Texas college student who was verbally abused by a man who told him "go back to your home country." Part of the incident was recorded on video. huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-isn…

10/ This phrase also came up in @BuzzFeedNews' reporting on hate in schools, in which several children were told by classmates to "go back to Africa" or go back to their countries.
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…

11/ @Reveal reviewed hundreds of tips in which Trump's name or policies were mentioned, and identified a number of incidents involving this phrase, like a California woman told to "go back to Africa" and a DC woman told to "go back to China."
revealnews.org/article/they-s…

12/ Here's what happened to Melissa Johnson, the woman from California, who was leaving a San Diego Trader Joe's the day after the 2016 election..

13/ We even identified two incidents in which Native Americans were told this type of phrase: a Navajo woman in Arizona, and a Navajo woman in Utah who Reveal identified. propub.li/2jGpAhx

14/ @DocumentHate will continue to report on hate. If you have experienced an incident like this, you can share your story with us here. propub.li/2LRlQFz