DURHAM, North Carolina (Press Release) – – StandWithUs is outraged at white supremacist flyers found at Duke University and throughout downtown Durham, North Carolina, explicitly targeting Jews and Zionists.
Jen Weintraub, Southern Campus Coordinator, commented that, “we are seeing an increase in such hateful displays on college campuses and elsewhere. As someone with family who survived the Holocaust, these manifestations of neo-Nazism and white supremacy are deeply disturbing.”
The posters emerged shortly after a Durham City Council meeting where a member of the Nation of Islam spoke of a “synagogue of Satan” and accused Jews of having, “an inordinate amount of control” over city politics. The Mayor of Durham condemned the speaker during the meeting, but the City Council has still made no official statements on the matter.
Similar flyers have appeared elsewhere in the country as well, including at St. John Fisher College in upstate New York, Princeton University, San Diego State University, Casper College in Wyoming, and University of Tennessee. On April 27th, a electronic road sign in Arizona was hacked and used to display the words “Hail Hitler”.
Sara Rafel, Executive Director of StandWithUs Southeast, said, “in light of these anti-Semitic posters and other recent events, it is crucial that the Durham City Council take a strong stand against all forms of anti-Semitism. People need to come together and make clear that this hate has no place in the City of Durham, at Duke, or anywhere else.”
StandWithUs will continue to work with our partners in the Duke and Durham communities to stand up to hate and promote education about Israel and the Jewish people.
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