1992-03-11 Supremacist Paper Angers S.L. Neighborhood

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Supremacist Paper Angers S.L. Neighborhood

Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah)
March 11, 1992
By Amanda Ballif

Stephanie Hamilton was enraged when a white supremacist publication called Racial Loyalty was circulated in her Salt Lake City neighborhood.

"I don't want [Racial Loyalty] anywhere near my kids," said Mrs. Hamilton.

Mrs. Hamilton, who is half Schaghticoke Indian, said her anger was kindled by the newspaper's reference to American Indians as "red niggers" and "mudds."

The paper brought back feelings of disgust from years ago when she was a high-school sophomore in Connecticut. The bus she was riding was attacked by whites who threw metal objects through the windows and injured her best friend.

"I am more scared than angry," said Karen Wood, a neighbor who fears it will escalate racial tensions.

It is unclear how many papers were distributed, but they were found last month on porches along 600 East from Emerson Avenue to Liberty Park.

The papers were stamped with the insignia of the United White Working Class, a Salt Lake City organization; Group representatives declined to answer any questions.

Cosette Joesten, principal at Hawthorne Elementary, 1675 S. 600 East, said Mrs. Hamilton is the only parent who brought the paper to her attention so she doesn't know if it reached many in the community. But the principal was not pleased: "I got sick to my stomach."

"This is a clear example of the increased efforts of white supremacist groups to spread their message of hatred," said Ronald Coleman, Associate Vice President for Diversity and Faculty Development at the University of Utah. "They obviously see us [in the Salt Lake area] as a community vulnerable to the rise of skinheads and neo-Nazis and the like."

The 12-page newsletter was published in Otto, N.C., by The Church of the Creator, which preaches "the survival, expansion and advancement of the white race."

Ben Klassen , the 75-year-old leader of The Church of the Creator, said in a telephone interview he doesn't know any members of his church in Utah, but he believes he has an audience here.

John Foster of the Salt Lake City Police Department Intelligence Unit monitors publications that are inflammatory or a threat to the community. "This publication is clearly inflammatory and distasteful," he said. "But not illegal."