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On 8 October 2016, a screenshot purportedly showing an e-mail sent by Hillary Clinton was circulated on social media along with the claim that the Democratic presidential candidate had used the term sand n*gger to describe Muslims. The screenshot was real and the term sand n*ggers did appear in e-mail published by WikiLeaks. However, that e-mail did not capture Hillary Clinton herself using the derogatory term to refer to Muslims. The screenshot shows an opinion piece written by Israeli author David Grossman that was published by Haaretz on 24 February 2012. The piece was later translated into English by Sol Salbe and later shared by Clinton via e-mail. Both Clinton's e-mail and Salbe's translation were preceded with a note from the translator: It would also be incorrect to say that Grossman, the original author, used the term sand n*gger to refer to Muslims in general. Grossman's piece described a series of events that led to a man being left to die on the side of the road, and the term sand n*gger was used to refer to how the stranded man, Omar Abu Jariban, may have been viewed by authorities: So while it's true that the term sand n*gger appeared in e-mail sent by Hillary Clinton, this term was not used by the former secretary of state to describe Muslims. Rather, it appeared in an opinion piece by an Israeli author about the death of a young man, which Clinton shared with others via e-mail.
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