Michigan Bar Strips Racist Author Kyle Bristow of Short-Story Award
The State Bar of Michigan, representing more than 42,000 attorneys in that state, today issued a pointed apology and withdrew its honorable mention award for a short story written by an avowed white nationalist.
The story, “Post-Conviction Relief,” written by Kyle Bristow, was “found to be embedded with racist cues and symbolism,” the Bar Association said in a statement posted on its web site.
Bristow, now a Detroit-area attorney, led Young Americans for Freedom while he attended Michigan State University. The organization’s anti-immigrant and anti-gay campaigns under Bristow’s leadership led to its designation as a hate group in 2006 by SPLC.
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