art gallery: Jones arrived at the Art Gallery of Ontario as part of the Broadbent Institute 2016 Progress Gala, according to Rabble. His heartfelt and insightful election night commentary consoled millions of viewers shell-shocked by Trump victory. The former Obama White House adviser and CNN political pundit has seen his notoriety skyrocket since the U.S. presidential election. Most notably, Jones labelled Trump victory a whitelash, in part, bringing the ongoing racial tensions in the United States into focus with sobering clarity. The majority of incidents reported were anti-immigrant 136 anti-Black 89 and anti-LGBT 43 . While squeezed between an armchair and several other eager reporters, I managed to ask Van Jones what he had to say to community activists and citizens affected by the surge in hate crimes following Trump win. Between November 9 the morning after the election and November 14, the Southern Poverty Law Centre collected 437 reports of hateful intimidation and harassment with many referring directly to the Trump campaign and its slogans.
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