Massachusetts Leaders Denounce Bigotry Against the Puerto Rican Community
Massachusetts Leaders Denounce Bigotry Against the Puerto Rican Community
More than seventy Massachusetts leaders from across a variety of fields including civil rights, philanthropy, faith, and immigration co-signed the below statement denouncing recent racist attacks against the Puerto Rican community and Latino community at large.
Statement in Solidarity with the Puerto Rican Community
From one generation to the next, there are those who have sought to build themselves up by diminishing others. Whether by bigotry-infused demagoguery or hate masquerading as comedy, the intended result is to turn communities against one another. Comedian and speaker Tony Hinchcliffe displayed these hateful behaviors when he sought to denigrate the Puerto Rican community last weekend.
We condemn in the strongest possible terms Tony Hinchcliffe's vile dehumanizing remarks. Our shared moral values compel us to speak out in the face of language such as this that corrodes our public discourse. We stand in solidarity with Amplify LatinX, the Latino community, and most particularly the Puerto Rican community, all who have done so much to enrich our country. America’s diversity and pluralism are at the core of our strength, and vitriol like that displayed by Tony Hinchcliffe have no place in a multicultural society that values decency and inclusion.
Signed by
Cindy Rowe
President and CEO, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Ayele Shakur
President, Redstone Family Foundation; Co-Founder, Campus Without Walls
Peggy Shukur
Vice President, East Division, Anti-Defamation League
Jeremy Burton
Chief Executive Officer, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston
Lawrence Neil Bailis, Chair, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Phyllis Barajas, Founder and CEO, Conexión Inc.
Barry Bluestone, Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University
Cantor Vera Broekhuysen
Deborah L. Coltin, Executive Director, Lappin Foundation
Lino Covarrubias, CEO, Jewish Family Service of Metrowest
Andrew Fischer, former President, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Carol Fulp, CEO, Fulp Diversity
Heloisa Maria Galvão, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Brazilian Women's Group
Mary Ellen Grossman, Vice Chair, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Idit Klein, President and CEO, Keshet
Joyce Krensky, Advisory Board, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Terry Kwan, Board Member, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Abby J. Leibman, President & CEO, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Elias Lieberman, Rabbi Emeritus, Falmouth Jewish Congregation
Sandy Lish, Co-Founder, The Castle Group
Alan Lobovits, Councilor at-Large, Newton
Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman, Senior Scholar Emeritus, Temple Israel Boston
Colette A.M. Phillips, President/CEO, Colette Phillips Communication, Inc.; Founder, Get Konnected!
Byron Rushing, former State Representative
Jennifer Segel, Philanthropic Advisor
Nancy S. Shilepsky, Partner, Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Andrea Silbert, President, Eos Foundation
Rabbi Liza Stern
Ramona C. Tenorio, PhD, President, Broader Impact, LLC
Rabbi Andrew Vogel, Temple Sinai Brookline
Nancy Wagman, Board Member, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Jim Wallack, ADL New England Regional Board Chair
Congregation Beth Elohim, Acton
Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, Newton
Brookline Asian American Family Network
Larry Borins
Armond Cohen
David Coyne
Barbara L. Cullen, Esq.
Avana A. Epperson-Temple
Esta Gordon Epstein
Roberta Falke
George Garcia
Mike Gildesgame
Jill Goldenberg
Ted Greenwood
Heraldo Jacobs
Elizabeth Kadish
Ruth Kaplan
Jerome P. Kassirer MD
Sheridan Kassirer
Richard Kay
Claire Sansoucy-Kay
Dr. Andrew Levey
Tracy Litthcut
Micah Lubensky, PhD
Rebecca Plaut Mautner
Amanda Mbuvi
Mark A. Michelson
Alexandra Moses
Judith Obermayer
Patricia Beth O'Sullivan
Zipora Ostroy
Felipe Pait
Silvia and Samuel Petuchowski
Gonzalo J. Puigbo
Gustavo Quiroga
Steven J. Samuel
Norma Shapiro
Jennifer Slifka
Dale Smith
Luis Vidal
Suzanne Watzman
Harvey Weiner
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