![]() ![]() Inclusive Diversity and Equity is one of our core values and we take situations like this seriously. These fliers were not created or posted by Allstate and do not represent the company or its agency owners. ![]() Allstate’s corporate media team was contacted and provided the following statement: ![]() There was no indication why Allstate and its toll-free number were included in the text. The flyers were photocopied and included a boldface racial slur using asteriks indicating they know the word is wrong, as well as a misspelling/typo. With disinformation rising and anti-black rhetoric surrounding CRT (Critical Race Theory), there is a portion of America that seems determined to keep America in her racist roots.Ĭritical race theory is a body of legal scholarship and an academic movement of US civil-rights scholars and activists who seek to critically examine the intersection of race and US law and to challenge mainstream American liberal approaches to racial justice. As more Americans learn about anti-blackness and work to create a more just and equitable society, there are those who linger in the past refusing to let go of the violent supremacy the nation was founded on. This is not the first time Longmont has been peppered with racist flyers or stickers. Longmont Police and the Longmont Downtown Development Authority were contacted. Several business owners in downtown Longmont arrived to work on Friday morning, September 23 to find a racist flyer left at their doorstep. Police are investigating, seek the public’s help the county DA has been notified ![]()
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