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Michael Leon
A social diversity event held last night at the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Public Library entitled "¡Hola! Hispanic and Latino Experiences in Fond du Lac" was marred by a card left on the car windows of several participants by a neo-NAZI "Aryan Wear" group asking if the car-owners had "had enough diversity?"
The card is pictured above-right and was obtained by e-mail from Ken Hall, director of the Fond du Lac Public Library.
The card was left on the car window of a highly-placed Fond du Lac City official, Hall said he heard this morning.
Hall was an event attendee who also had the card left on his own car window last night.
Fond du Lac Police are interested in and actively investigating the incident, according to a police official contacted by phone this morning.
Hall estimates that some 70 people showed up at the event.
"Inside, there was a good discussion going on, a nice group of people exchanging views, And outside there was some coward in the night, sad. He would have been welcome to come in and talk," said Hall by phone this morning.
Another event attendee, a long-time Fond du Lac resident who parked just outside the Library on Portland Street, said, "Fondy has its racism in the past, I'm not surprised, but I feel bad to have that kind of hate staring you in the face."
A similar anti-Obama, racist flyer was left on car windows during the election, reports a Fond du Lac resident speaking on background.
The site, Aryan Wear - Aryan Wear, White Power T shirts, Nationalist Clothing, features various "white power" and NAZI paraphernalia, including a link to an audio recording of the racist fantasy book, the Turner Diaries, and patches and other body wear. [Pictured below are some of the hate links from the Aryan Wear site.]
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