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ADL Decries Political Mailings that Use Racial Stereotypes

  Denver, CO, October 26, 2016…The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is disturbed to learn that voters in Colorado’s Senate District 19 recently received political mailings that incorporate stereotypes about Asians and Asian culture. These mailings include fortune cookies in a box with a photo of candidate Rachel Zenzinger and a printed message with a red airplane with the word “China” on

Letter to the Editor: A reminder that hateful political rhetoric must be addressed

In a letter to the Editor of the Denver Post published on October 19, Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region Director Scott L. Levin wrote concerning a troubling “Fourth Reich” Facebook chat group created by students in the Boulder area:   It is disturbing that students in Boulder area schools participated in a Nazi-themed Facebook chat group called the “Fourth Reich,”

ADL TASK FORCE ISSUES REPORT DETAILING WIDESPREAD ANTI-SEMITIC HARASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS ON TWITTER DURING 2016 CAMPAIGN

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact:  Todd Gutnick (212) 885-7755 adlmedia@adl.org   ADL TASK FORCE ISSUES REPORT DETAILING WIDESPREAD ANTI-SEMITIC HARASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS ON TWITTER DURING 2016 CAMPAIGN   Some 800 Reporters Targeted; 1,600 Accounts Responsible for Two-Thirds of Hateful Tweets   New York, NY, October 19, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Task Force on Harassment and Journalism

Anti-Defamation League Concerned About “4th Reich” Facebook Page; Commends School District and Law Enforcement for Investigating and Responding

  Denver, CO, October 13, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League, responding to reports of a student-run online Facebook chat group calling itself the “4th Reich’s Official Group Chat,” expressed concern about  the group’s existence and its discussions which included members talking about “killing all Jews and “n******.” According to the Boulder Daily Camera, group members posted images of guns, referenced “the