[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       FACING BIGOTRY AND HATRED

  (Mr. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, my remarks today are timed to coincide with 
tonight's television showing of the film ``Not In This Town,'' about 
hate groups and racial bigotry in America.
  I speak on this topic because I was in Billings, MT, just prior to 
what happened to Tammie and Brian Schnitzer and their family, after it 
had become known they are Jewish, an identity which ought to be an 
occasion of immense pride.
  Mr. Speaker, Billings, MT, is not the only city where such events 
occur. In fact, in Santa Barbara, CA, where I live and work, a 
community forum was held just last Saturday night because of a recent 
incident in a local high school. Participants included Babatunde 
Folayemi, Judith Meisel, Michael Caston, the superintendent of schools, 
the Reverend Sara Moores Campbell of the Unitarian Society, the 
Reverend Rueben Ford of St. Paul A.M.E. Church and other community 
leaders.
  The Santa Barbara News Press gave very extensive coverage to this 
event, demonstrating that a newspaper is a powerful educational 
instrument.
  Mr. Speaker, right now, before Passover, following Easter, we must 
recognize that bigotry and hatred are challenges faced by the entire 
human community.

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