HATE?
THE
THE ANSWER TO THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A FULL-THROATED YES.
I MEAN, THAT TOO GREAT
FOR HATE IDEOLOGY IS
SOMETHING THE
COMMUNITY HAS
EMBRACED OVER THE
YEARS...BUT EVEN THE
IDAHO LEGISLATURE
DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THAT
MANTRA ENOUGH TO PUT
THOSE WORDS ON A
LICENSE PLATE THIS PAST
SESSION.
AND VANDALISM AT THE
ANNE FRANK HUMAN
RIGHTS MEMORIAL THIS
WEEK CERTAINLY SENDS A
CLEAR MESSAGE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW
MUCH CLEARER SOMEONE
COULD BE, THEY PLACED
NAZI SWASTIKAS ALL
OVER THE MEMORIAL IN
HONOR OF HOLOCAUST
VICTIM ANNE FRANK.
JOE PARRIS SPOKE WITH
THE WASSMUTH CENTER
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
ABOUT THE ATTACK ON
THEIR MEMORIAL, AND
THE TOUGH
CONVERSATIONS IT
FORCES US TO HAVE.
"WE ARE THE HEART OF
THE CITY AND THIS HAS
BEEN A DIRECT ATTACK ON
THAT HEART." - DAN
EARLY TUESDAY NINE NAZI
SWASTIKA STICKERS WERE
FOUND PLACED ACROSS
THE ANNE FRANK HUMAN
RIGHTS MEMORIAL IN
BOISE. THE MEMORIAL
BELONGS TO THE
WASSMUTH CENTER FOR
HUMAN
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SERVES AS A PLACE FOR EDUCATION AND
EDUCATION AND
REFLECTION. "THERE BECOMES A POINT WHEN TOO MUCH, IS TOO
MUCH." - DAN
DAN PRINZING IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE WASSMUTH CENTER,
HE SAYS THE SPECIFIC
PLACEMENT OF THE
STICKERS IS NOTABLE.
"THE ONE THAT BECOMES
SO POIGNANT IS THE ONE
THAT IS PLACED RIGHT ON
ANNE'S DIARY, RIGHT
THERE ON THE STATUE.
THAT ONE JUST HURTS
AND FOR US THIS HAS
JUST BECOME SUCH A SAD
DAY." - DAN
THE MEMORIAL HONORS
THE MEMORY, LEGACY,
AND WISDOM FOUND
WITHIN THE DIARY OF
HOLOCAUST VICTIM ANNE
FRANK. FRANK PENNED A
DIARY WHILE IN HIDING
FROM NAZI PERSECUTION
AS JEWISH PEOPLE
ACROSS EUROPE WERE
TARGETED AND EXECUTED
IN CONCENTRATION
CAMPS.
THE BOISE MEMORIAL
SERVES AS AN
EDUCATIONAL PARK
DESIGNED TO ENGAGE
VISITORS TO THINK, TO
TALK WITH ONE ANOTHER,
AND TO RESPOND TO
HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.
PRINZING SAYS IT CAN
CREATE TOUGH TOPICS OF
CONVERSATION LIKE, WHO
ARE WE AS A
COMMUNITY?
"WHEN PEOPLE HAVE
ASKED, IS THIS WHO WE
ARE, I'VE ALWAYS
COUNTERED THAT BUT
NOW YOU REALLY BEGIN
TO QUESTION THAT WHEN
SUCH CAN OCCUR, WHEN
SUCH HAS BEEN
EMBOLDENED AND IT
DOESN'T STOP THEN YOU
HAVE TO QUESTION HOW
DO WE STAND UP TO
HATE." - DAN
PRINZING SAYS THE
STICKERS HAVE A DIRECT
AND SIMPLE MESSAGE HE
HAS THOUGHT A LOT
ABOUT.
"PROUDLY PROCLAIMING,
THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.
THEY ARE HERE. WELL,
THEN WE DO HAVE TO
QUESTION: WHAT IS THE
MORAL FIBER OF OUR
COMMUNITY? WHERE ARE
WE AT THE CORE." - DAN
WITH THAT SAID THOUGH,
PRINZING KNOWS THERE
IS SO MUCH GOOD IN
OUR COMMUNITY. HE
SAYS THAT GOOD AND
THOSE WHO ARE WILLING
TO STAND UP AND SPEAK
OUT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT
CANNOT BE SILENT ANY
LONGER.
"JUST AS THE STICKERS
HAVE SAID THEY ARE
EVERYWHERE, WELL GOOD
PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE
TOO. GOOD PEOPLE NEED
TO STEP UP AND STAND
UP AND SAY THIS IS
WRONG, THIS IS NOT
TOLERATED IN OUR
COMMUNITY. WE ARE
BETTER THAN THIS." - DAN
BOISE MAYOR LAUREN
MCLEAN AGREES.
"IT'S NOT OKAY BUT IT'S
ON US AS A COMMUNITY
TO
TO CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE BY
BEING WILLING TO
RECKON WITH OUR
HISTORY AND TO HAVE A
FRANK CONVERSATION
ABOUT OUR FUTURE SO
THAT WE CAN BE SURE TO
PROTECT WHAT IT IS THAT
IS SO SPECIAL TO THIS
PLACE AND ENSURE THAT
THE THINGS THAT WE
LOVE DON'T CHANGE AND
THAT WE REMAIN A
WELCOMING, OPEN, AND
CONNECTED COMMUNITY
THAT WE HAVE SHOWN
FOR DECADES THAT WE
ARE." - MCLEAN
AFTER SEEING THE NEWS,
BOISE RESIDENT TONI
LAWSON PLACED
FLOWERS AND A MESSAGE
WHERE A SWASTIKA WAS
PLACED. SHE TELLS ME
SAYS SHE IS ONE OF THE
VAST MAJORITY WHO
CHOOSES LOVE OVER
HATE.
"WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO BE LOUDER. IT ALSO
TELLS US OUR WORK AT
THE WASSMUTH CENTER
IS NOT DONE. NOT ONLY
IS WHAT WE DO
NECESSARY, IT'S PROBABLY
NEVER BEEN THAN IN THIS
MOMENT."
"WHEN YOU HEAR IT,
WHEN YOU SEE IT, DON'T
BE SILENT. STAND UP." -
DAN
DAN TIMING WITH HANNAKUH STARTING TOMOMRROW
AT SUNDOWN HAS TO BE
PART OF THIS STORY BUT
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF
THE
THE POLICE INVESTIGATION?
INVESTIGATION?