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In the wake of a potential visit
from white supremacist Richard
Spencer, a coalition of University
of Michigan students, faculty
and staff have established the
“Have Your Speech and Eat It
Too” campaign, pledging money
to
organizations
supporting
issues such as immigrant rights,
emergency housing for abused
women and families in Ann Arbor
and food injustice for the Black
community in Detroit. The funds
are allocated for each word spoken
at Spencer’s Monday speech at
Michigan State University, as
well as his possible speech at the
University next semester.
University
community
members created the campaign
as a way to stand in solidarity
with those who are threatened
by Spencer’s white nationalist
rhetoric. At the time of publication
Monday night, the campaign
raised $7,623 from 114 total
donations.
Silke-Maria Weineck, professor
of
German
and
comparative
literature, is one of the faculty
members involved in the campaign
and explained the inspiration for
the initiative came from similar
anti-fascist protests in Wunsiedal,
Germany, beginning in 2014, that
were organized in response to
an annual neo-Nazi march in the
town. In protest, residents donated
money for each step the neo-Nazis
took in their city. Instead of steps,
the initiative at the University
will donate money based on word
count.
“The more (Spencer) dribbles
on with his super hateful stuff,
the more money we can raise
for causes that he would abhor,”
Weineck said.
Lecturer Anne Berg, the History
Department’s assistant director of
undergraduate studies, is another
faculty member involved with the
campaign. Berg wrote in an email
interview she hoped the campaign
would turn the words of
the white supremacists into
something more positive.
“For me personally the
most important aspect of this
fundraiser is to not be merely
reactive to the threats made by
white supremacists agistators
(sic) but to repurpose their
provocations and their hate
speech to support anti-racist
work in our communities
– to build up the strength
of those organizations and
groups that fight systemic
racism and inequality on
a daily basis,” Berg wrote.
“What those of us involved
in putting this together like
about the fundraiser is that it
is subversive – it mocks white
supremacists and essentially
shoves their hate speech down
their own throats, with every
word they speak, with every
appearance they make, they
are actually strengthening
the very groups they mobilize
against.”
Weineck also discussed the
dilemma the University faces
when controversial speakers
invite themselves to speak on
campus. She said the University
community is faced with the
decision of either legitimizing a
dangerous rhetoric or staging large
protests.
“When instigators come to
college campuses, they set up a
bit of a trap,” Weineck said. “If
you just let them speak like you
let any other speaker speak, you
legitimize what they have to say.
If you block them from speaking
then you have big protests – which
I respect by the way … It’s a bit of a
Catch 22.”
Looking toward the future,
Weineck said she hopes the
campaign
will
offer
support
to minority groups who are
marginalized
by
Spencer’s
messages.
“I hope that we can really turn
what is meant to be a very divisive
and hateful event into a show
of community and love even if
that sounds a little sappy but to
come together to say that we are
protecting vulnerable groups from
letting someone hate on them we
actually turn your nasty dribble
against you and every word you
say will raise money for people you
don’t think belong here,” Weineck
said.
Berg
shared
Weineck’s
sentiment and said she wants
to see the campaign continue to
develop.
“I hope it grows,” Berg wrote.
“I hope it gets lots of press. I hope
it’ll travel to wherever white
supremacists attempt to spread
their hateful platform of ‘white
pride,’ ‘ethnostates’ and ‘peaceful
ethnic cleansing’ so we can focus
on the real work, the work to
change our institutions and make
our communities more inclusive,
instead of spending our energy
keeping Nazis off our campuses,
out of our schools and out of our
communities.”
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