Duke Flap Boosts Eracism

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The furor over Gov. Mike Foster's hypothetical endorsement of David Duke for the U.S. Senate has boosted requests for those "Eracism" bumper stickers, according to Rhoda Faust, co-founder of ERACE, a local anti-racism group.

"We're getting more calls," Faust said. "People are coming to our meetings and talking about the Foster thing. We have more of the bumper stickers on order and new distributors."

The group has given out 21,000 Eracism bumper stickers since its founding in 1993. "We have 4,000 left. They were free for a long time. We now ask for a dollar donation. But the money is not the issue. The main thing we want to do is maintain our discussion groups."

ERACE groups meet at the Broad Street Library from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Saturday. The group also holds discussion groups from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at either the London Coffeehouse Uptown or the House of Blues in the French Quarter. Saturday meetings draw up to 40 people and are led by a trained moderator.

For more information on ERACE and the bumper stickers, call 866-1163. – A.J.