For Immediate Release
August 12, 2017
Contact: Marcus Mrowka
202-531-0689
AFT Statement on
White Supremacist Demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va.
WASHINGTON— Statement of American Federation of
Teachers President Randi Weingarten and United University Professions President
Frederick Kowal in response to the torch-light march by white supremacists on the
campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The AFT is the largest
union of higher education faculty, professional staff and graduate employees in
the United States:
“The
atrocious display of racist hate in this march is antithetical to our values as
Americans. It is no surprise that white supremacists take their filth to
college campuses; they understand at a visceral level what all teachers
know—that education is their enemy. We are alarmed that, as the Southern
Poverty Law Center and others, including us, have repeatedly said, hate feels
empowered in the United States right now. We applaud the elected officials,
including Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, who have stood up to that hate and
clearly expressed their contempt for these actions and the ideology that
underlies them.
“We stand
with these elected officials, with the people of Charlottesville and with the
University of Virginia community in condemning the hatred and bigotry being
espoused by the white supremacists who have marched into their town.”
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