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Racist Attack Against Ecuadorian Girl

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In Barcelona, Spain, 21 year-old Sergi Xavier Martinez Martinez assaulted a 16 year-old Ecuadorian girl on the metro. As Martinez gets on the bus he is having a conversation on his cell phone about his hate for immigrants. He proceeds to yell derogatory, racial epithets based on her perceived immigration status. She gets up to call the emergency telephone number 112.

Police have found the man, who denies doing it intentionally, saying he was drunk. The girl is afraid to even leave her home.

Racism and anti-immigrant sentiment go hand-in-hand in Spain, but these images speak louder than any past acounts of hate.

Here are some additional links for background of past attacks on immigrants in Spain.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7060006.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1355583,00.html

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR410052002?open&of=ENG-ESP

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