Flyers found Tuesday around SFCC advocate for Identity Evropa, a group identified as a white supremacist group, by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League), and as a hate group by the SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center).

American Renaissance flyers have also been found on campus. Their representative told the Communicator that they were posted by Identity Evropa with permission.

According to the SPLC website, American Renaissance are also a hate group with a magazine that promotes “white identity” and the idea that whites are superior to people of color, and other minorities.

“American Renaissance really isn’t a group that has membership, they really just follow one man, (Jared Taylor) and he hold conferences with other groups.” Said Carla Hill, an ADL representative.

SPLC classifies hate groups based on their platforms, and groups do not have to participate in criminal activity to be considered a hate group.

ASG member Andrew Mark Carlos opened up to the Communicator about seeing Identity Evropa’s propaganda near his church in Spokane.

“On Mar. 18 I found a banner at the bus stop near my cathedral,” Said Carlos. “Historically the KKK targets catholics, so as a person of color and a catholic, it was not very settling.”

When Carlos came to the school a year ago, the Communicator was reporting on a previous wave of controversial flyers at SFCC.

“So seeing them again on my year anniversary here was just- “Y’all need to get out of here!”

According to a Kenneth DeMello, of District Security, Campus Safety is not concerned with the content of the flyers, but with the fact that whoever posted them up did not follow SFCC’s posting policy.

They have been removed for that reason.

“SFCC has a posting policy, (flyers) should go through Shelly Cockle’s office and get date stamped,” Said DeMello.

According to a 2013 profile by the ADL, American Renaissance was founded by Jared Taylor, who follows an “intellectualized white supremacy” ideology.

“Taylor promotes the idea that racial segregation is “natural” and society is best organized along racially homogenous lines,” said the ADL’s 2013 profile on Taylor.

“Identity Evropa is at the forefront of the racist ” alt-right’s ” effort to recruit white, college-aged men and transform them into the fashionable new face of white nationalism,” says the SPLC website, in a bolded statement.

For that platform the group is often seen as a white supremacist group.

“Identity Evropa is a white supremacist group that is focused on the preservation of “white American identity” and promoting white European culture,” said the ADL website. “They promulgate the idea that America was founded by white people for white people and was not intended to be a multiracial or multicultural society.”

The group denies these claims on its website, promoting themselves as a “Non-violent organization” that advocates for white identity and white “supermajority” in America.

“While the SPLC and the ADL may smear us as “White supremacists”, this is not the case. We are not supremacists because we do not believe that White people should rule over non-White people. Rather, we are ethno-pluralists: We believe that all ethnic and racial groups should have somewhere in the world to call home – a place wherein they can fully express themselves and enjoy self-determination.”

The man pictured in the flyers is Damigo Thomas, an organizer of the Charlottesville “unite the right” rally, according to the ADL website.

According to the SPLC website, “(Identity Evropa) builds name recognition by distributing flyers around college campuses printed with images of classical European statues and phrases like “Our Future Belongs to Us” and “Keep Your Diversity We Want Identity.”

“We are in the age of social media, you cannot hide behind posters and white hoods anymore,” said Carlos. “If you are going to make that statement you have to own it.”

Members of ASG have been removing the posters from school bulletin boards.
“I would encourage students to remove them when they see them as well,” said Carlos. Campus security would rather students notified them of all flyers found, and their locations. “We would ask that (students) call Campus Safety, or refer them to the school.” said DeMello. For the Communicator’s stance on the flyers, see page 10.

To contact Campus Safety call:
509.533.3333