Who Hates Who in Orange County?

The Orange County Human Relations Commission/Council (two confusing but inter-connected agencies) continue to be under the public microscope especially by the 5-member Board of Supervisors. Recently, the OCHR Commission (which is publicly-funded-the Council is not)  came under fire for co-sponsoring teacher training workshops on Islam and the Israel-Palestinian issue conducted by among others, the local chapter of Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR).

CAIR used their 2017 study claiming that Muslim schoolchildren are being bullied in California schools at an alarming rate to make the case that teachers needed some sort of sensitivity training on Islam. The training, also held in the Los Angeles Unified School District, also included “training” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, naturally from a Palestinian point of view. One might ask why public school teachers in LA and Orange Counties are being trained to accept the Palestinian narrative.

Since there is a link between the CAIR study and the training, it is fair to question why the OCHRC co-sponsored the Orange County training and what their own 2017 statistics in this area reflect. Every year, OCHR Commission puts out a report on hate crimes broken down by victim and perpetrator. The report usually consists of about 8 pages. However, aside from some  anecdotal quotes from some victims. there is no real narrative as to what these crimes or incidents involved.

As yet, OCHRC has yet to issue its 2017 report. Here is their last published report from 2016.

In addition, a colleague of mine (after much effort) was able to obtain this chart from the Commission listing 2016 reported school bullying cases. It includes one reported Muslim victim.