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Old October 21st, 2005 #10
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10/19/05, WAFF (48, NBC affiliate) [Alabama]

[Rosanne Riesenman phone interview with Alex Linder.]

Newspaper filled with racial slurs found in Valley neighborhood

Oct 19, 2005, 06:25 PM

A newspaper is stirring anger among people in one Valley neighborhood.

It's called the Aryan Alternative and is published in Missouri.

The paper is filled with messages targeting people of color.

The newspaper is circulating across town in predominantly black neighborhoods.

"Keep yourself white and they talk about the white safety zone," reads Reverend R.L. Shanklin.

Just thumbing through the paper, you'll come across one racial slur after another. All targeting people of different races.

"They listen to negative and write negative material against blacks and Jews and people of color. A paper like this has no business in our community," says Shanklin.

Reverend Shanklin is president of the NAACP in Huntsville. He says the paper's main goal is spreading hatred and division.

"We are a community of togetherness. That's what we want to be about not separatism. It tells me that hate groups are still alive and well. Racism is alive and well in communities. They can say anything they please but spreading hatred is against the law because sooner or later someone is going to get hurt," Shanklin said.

We talked toAlex Linder, the publisher of the Aryan Alternative. He says their message is not to promote hatred but to support their opinion that races don't mix.

http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=4002707&nav=0hBE