Join Florida AIM January 30th at 12:30pm at the Alligator
How long will we as human beings allow racists to be comfortable?
How long will we allow our benign calls for justice to be ignored?
How long before we cry out with righteous indignation and
exasperation for what is rightfully ours as human beings. Basic human
dignity, and respect? How long will it be?
Florida AIM says the time to DEMAND is now! The time to cry out is
NOW! We have waited long enough!!! It's time to do what must be done
to secure justice.
The Independent Florida Alligator sits smugly on its perch on
University avenue. Its time to insure they are aware people will no
longer tolerate their racism.
In the past year this newspaper has made racist cartoons, editorials
and columns slandering African-Americans, Arabs, Asians and American
Indians.
In response we have benevolently called as human beings for a boycott
demanding only that most human of responses to doing wrong, an
apology.
This is the cartoon that pokes fun at killing American Indians. © The Alligator 2005
The Alligator editorialized on Thanksgiving weekend with an editorial
cartoon that made light of killing American Indians. Florida AIM
preferring the dialogue of cooperation to the rhetoric of
confrontation, sent a letter to the editorial board of the Alligator
explaining that while Indian people make up 1/125th of the US
population-Indians constitute 30% of the victims of violent hate
crime in America. Florida AIM further explained that families of
Indian people murdered in hate crimes such as Candice Rough Surface,
Wilson "Wally" Black Elk Jr., Ronald Hard Heart, Carol Garbow, Gabby
Daniels, Allen Two Crows, Justin Redday, and Robert Many Horses (to
name a very few) remain in mourning and have yet to find any justice.
Florida AIM simply asked the Alligator to provide basic human respect
and dignity to Indigenous peoples by apologizing to the families, and
perhaps help to erase the ignorance many have about these issues. We
were blithly ignored
Florida AIM sent a letter to the paper asking for an apology, we were
ignored. We have filed civil rights complaints against the paper. The
paper ignored it. We demonstrated and threw blood on their door. They
ignored us.
The time to act is NOW!
Join us January 30th at 12:30pm at the Alligator (1105 W University
Ave Gainesville) for a second active and vibrant demonstration
designed to force the attention of the Alligator to the issue at hand
and force them to respond. The time has come.
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January 2006 Reports
Last updated on January 25, 2006