On Intimidation and Death Threats: Doesn’t work with this Baha’i

Professing the Baha’i Faith and advocating for human rights have brought on intimidation to this Baha’i, but he he stands tall. -gw

Death threats have not intimidated pro-Latino activists in Georgia. Instead, they have spurred them to join forces across racial lines to counteract the anti-immigrant atmosphere that has taken on a sinister tone in the state.

Less than a week after Rich Pellegrino called a group of human rights organizations together to protest the sale of a racist T-shirt….

The incident also shocked him because even though he had received unpleasant e-mails and intimidating phone calls in the past from people who are against his pro-immigrant work, this was the first time he had received a threat of this type at his own home.

“I was in a state of shock — it reminded me of my experiences during the time of the civil rights movement and in the 80s when they arrested me for professing my Baha’i faith and holding meetings with African-Americans in South Carolina,” said Pellegrino. “I was threatened by the Ku Klux Klan and arrested by Anglo police officers there.”

“Latino Activists Face Death Threats in Georgia,”By Judith Martínez-Sadri, New America Media. http://www.alternet.org/rights/86483/

See also: http://darrellsongs.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/rich-pellegrino-an-italian-named-latino-person-of-the-year/