The Rev. Alvin Herring, executive director of Faith in Action, said in a phone interview Monday that incidents such as the one in Kentucky can be “quite dangerous in a moment like this where tensions are already high.”
Herring said Halloween costumes are a reminder that, for some, “anti-Semitism is a way in which they see the world.”
“Anti-Semitism by any other name is hate,” he said, “and any action, intentional or unintentional, that communicates hate contributes to violence in this country. It creates a violent and intense moment.”
Herring said “white pride” comments are “troubling” because they are “often made by people who have tremendous hate or fear or contempt for those who are different from themselves” or by people “who have a racist agenda.”
He said that he does not know Goldbach’s situation but that it “behooves” everyone to understand history to “ensure that what we say and do does not contribute to violence but speaks against it.”
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