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Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary
of the Assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero
Smoldering Ashes:
Revisiting the Legacy
of the Cold War in
Central America
Mexican Human Rights Leader
Bishop Raul Vera Lopez
"The Mission of the Catholic Church for Human Rights and Justice in Latin America"
Thursday, May 5,3:30 pm
EMU Ballroom
Free and Open to the Public
Sponsored by:UO Latin American Studies, UO Cultural
Forum and Newman Center Catholic Campus Ministry
Cosponsored by: College of Arts and Sciences, Wayne Morse
Center for Law and Politics, Office of the Vice President for
Academic Affairs, Interamerican University Studies Institute,
Department of Romance languages, Savage Endowment, the
Oregon Bach Festival, Dept, of History, Dept, of Political Science,
Dept, of Sociology, Dept, of Anthropology, International Studies
Program, School of Journalism and Communication and the
Center for the Study of Women and Society.
For more information, please call Carlos Aguirre at 346-5905 or
Bryan Moore at 346-0577.
Art Exhibit Opening at 5:00 pm
Artist, Francisco Letclier '
Guatemala Photo Exhibit:
“Our Culture is our Resistance”
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500 gather to hear
former neo-Nazi
speak against hate
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A former neo-Nazi, skinhead and
member of the Aryan Nations and the
ultra violent Hammerskin Nation
came to the University on Wednesday
to speak to students and the public
about his life and spread a message of
tolerance as part of Holocaust Aware
ness Week.
As a former violent racist, “TJ” Ley
den knows what it is like within the
white supremacist movement in the
United States. He came to the EMU
Ballroom and related his experiences
to approximately 500 people; some
were survivors of racist violence.
Jewish Student Union Director
Ava Asher said his message was one
of action.
“Every speaker has left with a mes
sage telling people not to say ‘Oh that’s
awful’ and then go eat dinner,” Asher
said. “They want you to do something
about it.”
Leyden said tolerance and accept
ance has to be tackled at an individual
level. Not saying anything when an in
appropriate comment is made is the
same as acceptance, he said.
“The next time someone makes a
racist comment and you don’t say any
thing, you aren’t part of the problem,
you are the problem,” he said.
Leyden said he was raised with a vi
olent father. As a young boy, he was
forced to fist fight his cousin while his
father and uncle placed bets on them.
“If I lost, I got beaten,” Leyden said.
“If I won, I got a hug.” He said he was
15 when he started going to punk rock
concerts as an acceptable outlet to get
into fights and beat people. He said oth
er kids were drawn to him and soon af
ter he started his own racist group.
Leyden said he took part in drive-by
shootings and “boot parties,” ap
proaching people they feel should be
beaten and then kicking, hitting and
even stabbing them. He was in and out
of jail before joining the U.S. Marines
when he turned 18. While he was a
Marine, he wore Nazi tattoos, includ
ing an “SS” symbol on his neck, and
passed out copies of “Mein Kampf”
and the “Tlimer Diaries” and recruited
new members.
Leyden said there are currently
more than 50,000 active white su
premacists living in the United States
and that many hold prominent posi
tions as businesspeople, lawyers and
government officials.
“Not all racists are rednecks with
pickup trucks and baseball bats,” Ley
den said. “Most racists aren’t.”
He said racist organizations are re
cruiting with tools like comic books,
video games with titles like “Ethnic
Cleansing and Beyond,” and calen
dars with pinup “Nazi Girls.” One
Portland-based online store, Aryan
Wear, even sells boots with swastikas
' as tread and onesies for babies with
racist symbols on them.
Leyden said the movement has at
tracted more women than men during
the last few years. He said this has
been a recruiting tool to bring more
people into the movement.
“Good Nazi women raise good Nazi
children,” Leyden said.
Leyden said it wasn’t until his son
was 3 years old and called a black
character on a television program a
racial slur that he realized he didn’t
want his kids to follow the path of de
struction that he was on.
“When a 3-year-old says that, all pu
rity is lost,” Leyden said. He realized
he had to make a change.
“Eventually I came to a crossroads.
Either I’m in or I’m out,” he said.
Leyden said he got out of the white
supremacist movement and because
of his current outspoken role as a pro
moter of tolerance, he still receives
death threats from white supremacists
and carries a gun for protection. Sever
al Department of Public Safety officers
and bodyguards were at the lecture for
his protection.
He has spoken on college campus
es, at tolerance events, government
functions and at a White House hate
crimes conference at the invitation of
former President Bill Clinton.
He said he is proud he has reached
this point in his life, although he ad
mits that he caused a lot of damage to
others and that many of the people he
recruited are now recruiters. He said
he hopes others will hear his message
and make changes now.
“My legacy of hate continues to this
day,” Leyden said.
Sophomore Cody Covey said he
was skeptical at first but said Ley
den’s message gave him something
to think about.
“Small things can make a difference
one way or the other,” Covey said.
Junior Jonathan Vetter said he
was amazed when Leyden pointed
out that most people in the room
laughed at stereotypical comments
that were made.
“There was a hushed air of respect,”
Vetter said. “It makes people realize
how real it is today.”
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