The Anti-Defamation League today decried Rep. Douglas Bruce’s (R-Colorado Springs) comments referring to foreign guest workers as “illiterate peasants” who are unneeded in Colorado. ADL Mountain States Regional Director Bruce H. DeBoskey issued this statement: “Rep. Bruce’s comments reflect the bigotry and xenophobia that lay just below the surface of the debate on immigration in this country. In a legislative
Rocky Mountain News The Gazette Channel 7 News KOAA-TV Responding to press reports that a bi-racial student at Creekside Middle School in Monument was allegedly taunted with racial slurs by classmates, the Anti-Defamation League today condemned bias-motivated harassment and bullying in schools, and called for a quick and thorough investigation of the incident. ADL Mountain States Regional Director Bruce H.
Denver Post Channel 7 Daily Camera Colorado Daily In response to the assault of a Hispanic Louisville man who was allegedly attacked because of his ethnicity, the Anti-Defamation League’s Boulder Office today condemned bias-motivated violence and applauded the Boulder Police Department for its quick and responsive actions investigating the incident as a possible bias-motivated crime. ADL Boulder Community Coordinator
After the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) turned down a request from Herzl/RMHA school for religious accommodation in scheduling postseason basketball games, the school turned to the Anti-Defamation League for help. “Herzl/RMHA went to ADL for help with CHSAA because of ADL’s outstanding track record of supporting justice and fair treatment for all,” said Avi Halzel, the President and
In the news: The Denver Post Colorado Daily Rocky Mountain News The Gazette Despite a national trend of decreasing reported anti-Semitic incidents for the third consecutive year, the number of anti-Jewish incidents in Colorado increased for the first time in three years, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s 2007 annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents. Colorado ranks eighth for the most anti-Semitic
