Supremacist posters at UVic raise concerns

Serious concerns are being raised about white supremacy posters circulating at the University of Victoria. The posters say “((( Those))) who hate us will not replace us,” and provide links to white supremacist websites. The triple parentheses are used by online neo- Nazis to identify Jews, while the slogan is similar to “Jews will not replace us,” chanted during the rally in Charlottesville, Va., said Daniel Koren, media co- ordinator for B’nai Brith Canada. B’nai Brith issued a statement Thursday saying the “brazen outburst of far- right anti- Semitism” at a Canadian university is a serious concern. Koren says he is confident that university officials will do whatever they can to identify and discipline the culprits. “We encourage members of the university to speak out against this violence and show solidarity with Jewish students,” he said in an interview. “I’m sure Jewish students are feeling very targeted right now.” He says in the aftermath of Charlottesville, anti- Semitic posters have appeared at American universities such as Cornell and the University of Houston. A spokeswoman for the University of Victoria said a handful of posters were found in a building earlier this month, but they were “immediately taken down.” Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre also weighed in on the issue Thursday, saying it has reached out to UVIC president Jamie Cassels to urge him to investigate and take action against those responsible for making the posters.