Gloria Rogers, president of Racine NAACP, says she is
alarmed and that racially toned mailers are being sent out by the Republican
State Leadership Committee to some people who live in the 21st Senatorial District,
where 21st State Senator Van Wanggaard
and former State Senator John Lehman are participating in a Tuesday, June 5th
recall election.
Rogers said that the 6x11 two-sided mailer depict the image
of a dark face African-American male with a hoodie with words “You’re not SAFE
…Thanks to John Lehman,” “ Although the NAACP is politically neutral, we view
the flyer as being inflammatory in nature and was meant to feed on individuals fear of the races.”
In the aftermath of the death of Trayvon Martin, she says the handout boarder on sending the
wrong insensitive message about
the minority community.
“Because the
postal card was distributed in a primary white area of the 21st
District only, it lend itself to race bating and fear mongering by the
Republican State Leadership Committee,” Rogers explained
The civil rights organization points out that since it is
obvious that the handout was distributed to aid Senator Wanggaard campaign, we
are asking him to refute the advertisement and call on the Republican State
Leadership Committee to stop further distributions of the handout.
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