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http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article199392914.html
Richard Spencer a Pro-Trump ally appeared on KDVS Davis and now the UC Davis LPFM is now getting backlash from that.
Richard Spencer a Pro-Trump ally appeared on KDVS Davis and now the UC Davis LPFM is now getting backlash from that.
KDVS host Francisco Quintana introduced his guest on Monday’s radio show as “pretty exciting company.” That turned out to be an understatement.
Quintana’s hourlong interview with Richard Spencer, founder of the alt-right movement, elicited angry responses from several students who questioned whether UC Davis’ radio station should have given the white supremacist a chance to broadcast his views.
In Monday’s interview, which remains on KDVS’ website, Spencer asserted Mexicans had made no tangible contribution toward mankind in their home country or the U.S., advocated for single-race nations and questioned why America celebrates Holocaust Remembrance Day.
In a statement to The Sacramento Bee, Basim Elkarra, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations – Sacramento Valley, said Spencer’s well-known beliefs should have kept him off the station’s airwaves.
“We are disappointed that a known white supremacist with a long history of anti-Semitic and Islamophobic views was given a platform to spread his vile, disgraceful views during a February 5, 2018, interview with KDVS,” Elkarra said. “We strongly condemn the offensive and dangerous comments made targeting Latinos, Jews, Muslims and other minority groups over the course of this interview. Spencer has a long history of making comments that are racist, sexist, and morally reprehensible and has been condemned by college campuses across the nation.”
Former Google employee Lauren Kirk-Coehlo was sentenced to five years of probation last June after admitting to wrapping bacon on door handles, shattering windows and ripping bicycle seats at the Davis Islamic Center.
A year before Kirk-Coehlo’s attack, members of a Jewish fraternity at UC Davis awoke to find swastikas spray-painted on their house’s exterior. More recently, three men pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of use of force to commit a hate crime, battery and disturbing the peace in October after assaulting a female black student.
“Over the last year, we have seen an incredible spike in hate crimes both locally and across the nation,” Elkarra said. “Speech designed to be incite violence against should have no place in our communities. Over the coming days, we hope that KDVS will work with student and community leaders to address concerns and work with leaders to ensure safety and security in the campus community.”
