According to these bigots--- who had as their spokesman, the racist, anti-Semitic and fascist-minded Harold Stassen--- Benson's "crimes" were that he placed Jews in high government positions, insisted that Native Americans have equal access to New Deal programs and projects and he worked with socialists and Communists.
Like today, the Democrats---through their silence--- encouraged this campaign of hate spewed by the Republicans.
Why didn't Governor Mark Dayton step in and order the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the Public Safety Commissioner to step in and put a stop to this hate-mongering in the Little Falls Public Schools? The Superintendent and all members of the school board should be arrested for enabling this spreading and spewing of hate.
How can equality ever be achieved when the population is being pumped up with hate? These people then go out and vote for a bunch of bigots for public office who will tolerate this hate and the hate grows from hate speech to racist violence.
One can't help but wonder why the Governor's top legal assistant, Micah Hines, did not advise Governor Mark Dayton to step in and take action against this use of public schools to spread hate?
How can we expect racist hate to be eliminated through education when our public schools are providing a platform and forum for this racism to be espoused?
We can only wonder what children attending the public schools in Little Falls must be learning? The Minnesota Department of Human Rights should be working with teachers and administrators to make sure the children attending Little Falls Public Schools are receiving lessons teaching them about the consequences of racist hate.
Governor Dayton should be the featured speaker at this event...
From: Larry Fisk <fisksen@brainerd.net>;
To: <brainerdpeace@lists.riseup.
Subject: [brainerdpeace] Please Attend LF Tolerance Event 12/4
Sent: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 11:48:20 PM
To: <brainerdpeace@lists.riseup.
Subject: [brainerdpeace] Please Attend LF Tolerance Event 12/4
Sent: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 11:48:20 PM
A few months ago an Islamaphobic speaker overflowed the Little Falls High School auditorium speading her message of fear and intolerance. Unfortunatlely this Tea Party Patriot sponsored speaker, Brigitte Gabriel, found a receptive audience among Central Minnesotans. In recent years Muslims, and even people who fit some Americans' stereotypes of Muslims or Arabs, have experienced violence and discrimination. This fear has also been used to promote the wars we in BACP have opposed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and the use of U.S.drone terror warfare throughout the Middle East.
Gabriel spoke in another Minnesota community and since her appearance two other Islamophobes have spoken in Minnesota, one in Chisholm and one for three consecutive nights in Bagley.
Please join in attending this important event of tolerance and community dialogue to help us show that not all Minnesotans buy into the fear and prejudice that are used to divide and manipulate us:
"A Community Discussion on Tolerance and the Fear of Islam.”
Wednesday, December 4, 6-8 p.m.
St. Francis Hall, St. Francis Convent, 116 8th Avenue SE, Little Falls, MN
Speakers :
* Father Virgil Petermeier, St. Cloud Muslim-Christian Dialogue
* Saly Abd Alla, CAIR-MN Civil Rights Director
* Jaylani Hussein, CAIR-MN Outreach & Advocacy Director
* Ian Norwood, Little Falls High School Student
* Moderated by Jeff Odendahl, St. Francis Convent
Event sponsors:
Little Falls Partners for Peace, Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace, Building Blocks of Islam, and the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN).
CONTACT: CAIR-MN Civil Rights Attorney Ellen Longfellow, 612-327-6700, E-Mail: elongfellow@cair.com
Press release:
CAIR-MN
and Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace to Cosponsor 'Tolerance and the
Fear of Islam' Interfaith Dialogue in Little Falls
Event
prompted by appearance of anti-Muslim hate group leader earlier this
year
(MINNEAPOLIS,
MN, 11/12/13) – On Wednesday, December 4, interfaith leaders and
community members will gather in Little Falls, Minn., for a community
dialogue on “Tolerance and the Fear of Islam.” Event sponsors
include: Little Falls Partners for Peace, Brainerd Area Coalition for
Peace, Building Blocks of Islam, and the Minnesota chapter of the
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN).
WHEN:
Wednesday, December 4, 6-8 p.m.
WHERE:
St. Francis Hall, St. Francis Convent, 116 8th Avenue SE, Little
Falls, MN 56345
CONTACT:
CAIR-MN Civil Rights Attorney Ellen Longfellow, 612-327-6700, E-Mail:
elongfellow@cair.com
“Many
individuals in the community have never met a Muslim in person and
that allows fear to grow,” said CAIR-MN Civil Rights Attorney Ellen
Longfellow. “This event seeks to promote a positive discussion
around tolerance, respect and community. Martin Luther King Jr. said
it best- ‘We must learn to live together as brothers or perish
together as fools.’”
Speakers
include:
*
Saly Abd Alla, CAIR-MN Civil Rights Director
*
Jaylani Hussein CAIR-MN Outreach & Advocacy Director
*
Ian Norwood Little Falls High School Student
*
Father Virgil Petermeier, St. Cloud Muslim-Christian Dialogue
*
Moderated by Jeff Odendahl, St. Francis Convent
The
event was organized after community leaders and activists considered
the negative impact a speech by an anti-Muslim speaker had in the
community earlier this year. On July 29, 2013, the Central Minnesota
Tea Party featured anti-Muslim speaker Brigitte Gabriel from the hate
group ACT! For America in Little Falls.
Gabriel
claims an American Muslim "cannot be a loyal citizen" and
that Islam is the "real enemy." She once told the
Australian Jewish News: "Every practicing Muslim is a radical
Muslim." She also claimed that "Islamo-fascism is a
politically-correct word. . .it's the vehicle for Islam. . .Islam is
the problem."
The
New York Times stated: “[Gabriel] presents a portrait of Islam so
thoroughly bent on destruction and domination that it is
unrecognizable to those who study or practice the religion.”
SEE:
CAIR Islamophobia Backgrounder: ACT! for America and 'Brigitte
Gabriel'
https://cair.com/islamophobia/islamophobe-profiles/14-islamophobia/11824-cair-islamophobia-backgrounder-act-for-america-and-brigitte-gabriel.html
The
event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
CAIR
is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy
organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam,
encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American
Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual
understanding.
-
END –
CONTACT:
CAIR-MN Civil Rights Attorney Ellen Longfellow, 612-327-6700, E-Mail:
elongfellow@cair.com; CAIR-MN Executive Director Lori Saroya,
612-327-6700, E-Mail: lsaroya@cair.com; CAIR National Communications
Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, E-Mail: ihooper@cair.com
Leaflet:
on Tolerance and the Fear of Islam Wednesday December 4, 2013 6PM – 8PM St. Francis Hall St. Francis Convent Father Virgil Petermeier, osc St. Cloud Muslim/Christian Dialogue Saly Abd Alla CAIR-MN Civil Rights Director Jaylani Hussein CAIR-MN Outreach & Advocacy Director Ian Norwood Li!le Falls High School Student moderated by Jeff Odendahl Franciscan Center 116 8th Avenue SE Li#le Falls, MN 56345 A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION WHEN: WHERE: SPEAKERS: Li#le Falls Partners for Peace Building Blocks of Islam Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace Council on American-Islamic Relations, Minnesota SPONSORS: Cost of A#endance: FREE Coffee & Cookies provided |
