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Google Search Terms Identify Growing Hate For Muslims In U.S.

It may not be the best news when it comes to unity and peace for Americans living in the U.S., but The New York Times has identified a correlation between anti-Muslim searches and anti-Muslim hate crimes by using weekly data from 2004 to 2013. The data identifies a growing hate for Muslims. The data was run after the San Bernardino, Calif. massacre just minutes after the media first reported the shooters had a Muslim-sounding name identifies from Google search data shows the distaste. In California phrases with “Muslims” turned into “kill Muslims.” And the rest of America searched for the phrase “kill Muslims” with about the same frequency that they searched for “martini recipe,” “migraine symptoms” and “Cowboys roster.”

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