Maine Town Manager Leads ‘Pro-White’ Segregation Group

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JACKMAN, Maine (AP) — The town manager of a rural Maine community says he’s the leader of a racial segregationist group, and he believes the United States would be better off if people of different races were to “voluntarily separate.”

Jackman town manager Tom Kawczynski wants to preserve the white majority of northern New England and Atlantic Canada, he has told the Bangor Daily News. He moved to Maine a year ago and launched a group called “New Albion” to promote what he calls “the positive aspects of our European heritage.”

American Civil Liberties Union of Maine legal director Zachary Heiden said Kawczynski’s attitudes and materials are “shockingly racist.” Kawczynski has defended his group as “pro-white” without being opposed to other racial groups. But he has also called Islam “the scourge of Western civilization” and incompatible with his view of American society.

Kawczynski said he doesn’t run town affairs in a way that discriminates against anyone. Jackman Town Office officials did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press.

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  1. Avatar for tena tena says:

    For the love of god - how many POC live in Maine? What is wrong with Maine?

  2. Avatar for denisj denisj says:

    Wake up folks, Steve King! Trump, many in current administration, the Attorney General, several Senators and Representatives in my oppinion are not that different.

  3. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    Not only are they not that different, but Trump, King, Sessions, and too many other Repuglicans have given license to these white racist slugs like Kawczynski and many others to crawl out from under their rocks and start preaching their venom openly.

  4. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    Well, as i see it, this guy and his kind are perfectly free to segregate themselves from the rest of our society. If we never see or hear from them again, that’s fine with me.

  5. He`s also a Trumpy White Supremacist .

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