Invisible Hate

In August 2009, a man entered a women's aerobics class at the LA Fitness center in Collier Township, Pennsylvania. He placed a duffel bag on the ground, turned off the lights and began firing. Saadia and Asad share more. SOURCE MATERIALS NYT, CSIS, CREST, CNN, The Guardian, Fox News, 19 News, Murderpedia, ABC, ABC, CBS, NY Post, ABC, Merriam-Webster 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On March 16, 2021, a 21-year old went on a shooting spree at two spas and a massage parlor in Greater Atlanta. Eight people were killed and a ninth was wounded. Asad and Saadia share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS The New York Times  CNN  CNBC  The Guardian  The Guardian - Yaun  The Guardian - Tan  The Guardian - Michels  The Guardian Broadcast Clip  PBS  Homeland Security Digital Library  NPR  Go Fund Me - Hyun Jung Grant  Fox5  WABE  Law Office Of Matthew T. McNally  11Alive Broadcast  Today Show Broadcast  Impactful Ninja - 9 Best Charities For The AAPI Community  Stop AAPI Hate  NAPAWF 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s October 1989 in Boston. Charles Stuart and his pregnant wife, Carol, are both shot after leaving a birthing class. Charles in the abdomen and Carol in the head. Boston goes on a manhunt to find the shooter. Asad and Saadia share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS AP, NBC Boston, Women’s Health, Rescue 911, The Telegraph, New York Times, AG Report, The Harvard Gazette, Fox, Murderpedia, CBS, CBS, NYT, HBO 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On January 29, 2019, Jussie Smollett told police that he was attacked outside his apartment building along with the use of racial and homophobic slurs. Asad and Saadia share the story SOURCE MATERIALS Reuters, CNN, ABC, CourtTV, ABC, AP, ABC7, Deadline, ABC7, AP, Facebook, AP, IL Courts Audio, Fox, Chicago Sun Times, USA TODAY, ABC7 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saadia and Asad share the story of David Josiah Lawson who was stabbed to death at an off-campus party on April 15, 2017 near Humboldt State University. Authorities continue to search for the person responsible for the homicide. SOURCE MATERIALS Justice for Josiah, Unsolved Hate, KRCR7,  PBS, NBC, Kym Kemp, North Coast Journal, Kym Kemp, NCJ, North Coast Journal, NCJ 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Married couple Crystal Turner and Kylen Schulte Schulte were last seen the night of August 13, 2021, at a bar in Moab, Utah. Their bodies were found five days later. Both victims had been murdered and died from gunshot wounds. Saadia and Asad share the story. SOURCE MATERIALS Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake Tribune, ABC, KSL, Chronicles of Olivia, Court TV, News Nation, Fox, Yahoo, Independent, AP , ABC4, Moab Times, KMYU, The Independent 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent Chin was celebrating his bachelor party with friends in Highland Park, Michigan in 1982 when he was attacked by men using Anti-Asian racial slurs. The men ultimately killed him. Saadi a and Asad share the story. Source Materials    Zinn Education Project  CNN  NPR  History Channel  American Documentary  Justia - Crime Victim’s Rights Act 1985 ZBlogH  NBC News  Vincent Chin’s Story / Lily Chin: The Courage To Speak Out - Helen Zia  Retro Report - The Crime That Fueled An Asian American Civil Rights Movement  American Citizens For Justice  Impactful Ninja - 9 Best Charities For The AAPI Community   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sakia Gunn was a 15-year-old African American lesbian who was murdered in Newark, New Jersey in 2003 after rejecting the advances of two men. Asad shares the story. SOURCE MATERIALS Gay City News, Pop Matters, Harlem Stage, Sakia Gunn Film Project, Wikipedia, NorthJersey.com, Gay City News, KeithBoykin.com, ScholarWorks, Washington Post, NYTimes, News 12 New Jersey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We update a story from last year. In June 2021, three generations of the Afzaal family went on a stroll after dinner only to be senselessly murdered by a 21-year-old driver in a pickup truck. We investigate the story and how this senseless act of violence happened. Replay from May 2023. SOURCES NPR, CBC, CTV, BBC, MacLean's, Al Jazeera Interview with Sheriff Billy Rowles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsjRAsh7bbY&t=85s BBC news report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmetUwqtD8g&t=50s CNN interview with Whitney Dow (director of “Two Towns of Jasper”: https://youtu.be/5YVAj2Hk6FU 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a different kind of story today. One that you may or may not consider a crime, but that will certainly delve into a discussion on hate. Saadia reports solo this week. 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Sources: NPR, NYT, Variety, Media Matters, USA Today, Media Matters, NYT, The New Yorker Magazine, NPR, Wikipedia, NPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Monday February 6th, 2023, DeAndre Matthews, a 19-year-old gay Black college student from Brooklyn borrows his mother’s SUV for the evening. He doesn’t return home that night. Saadia shares his story. 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Sources Business Insider, ABC, NBC, Law & Crime, The Pink News, CBS, Metro Weekly, NYN Media, Yahoo, Yahoo, Advocate, CBS, PIX11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haydee Arguello and her husband, Wilfredo Amaya, return home to where their daughters should be asleep. Instead they find a young black teen in one of their daugther's room. What happens next is either a case of parental rage or a hate crime or both. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials   ABC, ABC, Yahoo, NBC, Daily Mail, The Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, The Daily Journal, San Mateo Co Bar Association, CBS, True Crime Daily, Casetext HOW YOU CAN HELP: Listeners can aid in the overall fight against these types of crimes and discriminatory actions by taking part in or supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement as well as getting involved in or donating to nonprofit organizations such as the National Action Network, the Grassroots Law Project, Color of Change, and many others that seek to protect and advance the rights of black individuals across the nation. 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23-year-old black man Michael Griffith was killed on December 20, 1986, in Howard Beach, in Queens, New York City, after being chased by a group of white youths. While running away, he fled onto a highway where he was fatally struck by a passing motorist. Saadia and Asad share the story. Source Materials   History Channel  The New York Times - November 21, 1991  The New York Times - December 18, 2011  New York Times - October 23, 2017  News One  Caribbean Life News  CBS News  Black Past  Case Text - People Vs Riley  The Washington Post   ABC News Broadcast Firing Line With Margaret Hoover  Every Action - 22 Black-Led Nonprofit Organizations Making History  HOW YOU CAN HELP: Listeners can aid in the overall fight against these types of crimes and discriminatory actions by taking part in or supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement as well as getting involved in or donating to nonprofit organizations such as the National Action Network, the Grassroots Law Project, Color of Change, and many others that seek to protect and advance the rights of black individuals across the nation. 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1913, Leo Frank was convicted of the murder of a 13-year-old employee named Mary Phagan. His trial attracted national attention. Later, when his death sentence was commuted, he was kidnapped from prison and lynched. Saadia and Asad share their stories and discuss if he actually was the killer. 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Sources Britannica, Jewish Virtual Library, Library of Congress, Atlanta History Center, C-Span, History.com, Washington Post, The Tennessean, Famous Trials, Prash’s Murder Map Podcast, State Bar of Georgia, PBS, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUk-XYThZno&t=402s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saadia and Asad interview Matt and Tawni Browning about their book The Hate Next Door. Matson & Tawni Browning are on a mission to eliminate hate and injustice. Their undercover infiltration of today's most violent communities and organizations has brought justice to countless lives. Their undercover work was just the beginning. Their book showcases the new face of white supremacy and extremism. Read more about them: https://www.mattandtawni.com/ Buy the book 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 or by using this link: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/InvisibleHatePod Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices