A depressingly long list of hateful attacks shared online since Trump's election

Reporter Shaun King has been sharing reports of racist words and actions on Twitter and it's not pretty.
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One journalist is carefully tracking reports of hateful speech and violence following the election of Donald Trump as president.

Shaun King is the senior justice writer at the New York Daily News and he's making sure incidents of discrimination are aired out on Twitter for everyone to see.

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Moments of hate are detailed on his Twitter feed, from reports of people shouting insults at Hispanic Americans to the burning of LGBTQ pride flags.

Here's glimpse at what King has documented on Twitter since Trump's election on Tuesday.

Pride Flags burned -- Rochester, New York

Man insults Hispanic woman -- Palm Desert, California

White students block Latino students from entering school -- Dewitt, Michigan

Black woman is called the n-word and belittled -- Indiana

Boys rips off a Muslim girl's hijab -- Plano, Texas and other parts of the U.S.

Mailman tells assumed Hispanic man to "Go back to your country" -- Cambridge, Massachusetts

Black men are called the n-word -- Towson University in Maryland

A school faces swastika graffiti and racist harassment -- Pennsylvania

A Latina mother watches fifth-graders chant "build a wall" as she drops off her son at school -- Ventura, California

An Asian woman is told to "go back to Asia" -- Minneapolis

Muslim woman tells a nurse she fears for her life

Black figure is seen hanging from a building -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama

School principal admits students were chanting "cotton picker," the n-word and "Heil Hitler" -- Pennsylvania

Trump supporter throws water in a woman's face and calls her racial slurs

Man violently yells at Asian woman to "get the f**k out of my country" -- Napa, California

An Asian man is called racial slurs and a 7-11 clerk is referred to as "Bin Laden" -- Simi Valley, California

Men yell "grab her by the p**sy" at the woman on the subway, and then try to do it

Gay families are told to "burn in hell" -- North Carolina

Black woman in Indiana is called the n-word and told she'll be deported to Africa by Trump

A woman pulls off the hijab of a Muslim woman at Walmart

Black woman is called the n-word and harassed -- Washington State

"KKK 4 Lyfe" and other racist messages are scribbled on a high school bathroom --Florida

Swastika graffiti -- Philadelphia

More swastika graffiti and "Make America White Again"-- Wellsville, New York

A woman was told to go to the back of the bus -- Queens, New York

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