Texas Teacher On Leave After Ties To White Nationalist Group Exposed

A teacher at a Dallas school is on leave after his ties to a white nationalist group called Identity Evropa were exposed.

Stephen Arnquist, who teaches Japanese at Skyline High School in Dallas, will remain on leave “pending the outcome of an investigation” into comments Arnquist allegedly posted online, a spokeswoman for the Dallas Independent School District said in a statement.
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Identity Evropa, whose members attended and helped organize the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is listed as an extremist organization by both the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Identity Evropa is a deeply racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic group. Its members participated in the torchlight march on the eve of the deadly “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville, chanting “Jews will not replace us!” (HuffPo)

The school where Arnquist teaches is "40% Black, 60% Hispanic" according to a post he made on Discord, and public records show the school is 99% kids of color. He even posted to a white supremacist site called The Right Stuff* under his real name. Not too bright, this one.

*White supremacy is no joke, but I can't believe they named their site after a New Kids on the Block song. Unintentional, I'm sure, but still. Damn.

Additional sources: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, WFAA Dallas Morning News

Thumbnail Photo: Flicker/CC/AK Rockefeller


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