Gracey Van Der Mark, a woman removed from two school district panels earlier this year after referring to African-Americans as “colored people” in online comments, is now running for a seat on the Ocean View School District board of trustees in Huntington Beach. She made the announcement about her last-minute candidacy over the weekend on […]
Antisemitism
HB Councilman Refuses to Remove Commissioner Over “Colored People” Comments, Antisemitic Videos
Huntington Beach city councilman Patrick Brenden is standing by Gracey Van Der Mark, his embattled finance commission appointee who came under fire last month for racist online comments and even more racist alt-right associations. The Ocean View School District voted to remove Van Der Mark, who called blacks “colored people” in a now-deleted YouTube comments, […]
Anti-Defamation League Joins Call for HB Finance Commissioner’s Removal
Gracey Van Der Mark somehow remains on the Huntington Beach finance commission even after a controversy erupted around her online bigotry earlier this month. As the Weekly reported, Van Der Mark recently deleted comments on YouTube where she referred to blacks as “colored people” and suggested they dutifully did the bidding of Jews at a […]
HB Finance Commissioner Called Blacks “Colored People” Online, Denies Antisemitism
The ranks of Orange County’s alt-right are fractured and in decline a year after the infamous Battle of Berkeley where figures made a name for themselves in pitched streets battles against antifa. But some of the quieter folks are still hanging around under the radar. Despite parading with a band of alt-right agitators who crashed […]