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A local group which formed last year and says its main goals are to address, educate, and advise on issues of systemic racism in the community is accusing SDG Warden Frank Prevost of being a shark and turning a blind eye to racism.
The group said Prevost’s public denial systemic racism exists here is an example of white supremacy in action.
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In a letter to the Standard-Freeholder, from the team at the Coalition for Unity, Respect, Equality/Equity for All (CUREA/CURET), the organization said the warden – who’s also mayor of South Glengarry – made toxic comments earlier this spring when in mid-April he denied the existence of racism in Cornwall and across the Seaway Valley.
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On April 16, we watched as United Counties of SDG Warden and South Glengarry Mayor Frank Prevost denied the existence of racism in our community, which includes South Glengarry and SDG, and where the people who Prevost has taken an oath to lead reside.
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His exact words, to Coalition for Unity, Respect, Equality/Equity for All (CUREA) board member Michele Allinotte, made public for the world to see, were toxic:
“I don’t believe racism is an issue in our community, I think you’re making a bigger issue out of nothing.”
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