Julius Streicher Awards

Julius Streicher occupies an unusual historical position in recent European history having been hanged until dead in October 1946 for the crime of publishing a newspaper, Der Sturmer, which was relentlessly critical of a particular ethnic group in Central Europe from 1923 until the end of World War II. His role did not include, according to Wikipedia, military activities or the Holocaust. Still, he was convicted of "crimes against humanity" and executed. This is an adequate precedent for legal actions against those elements in the dominant media culture and the corporate entertainment culture which, like the San Jose Mercury News, promote a relentless agitprop against European Americans, their children, their cultures, their histories, and their diversities.

Leo Burnett, First Award (16th Edition)

Our first winner of the Julius Streicher Award is Leo Burnett, a well known advertising expert, who developed a campaign to smear "old white guys" in television ads for Washington Mutual. Older European American men are portrayed as greedy, ugly, and stupid, much like Streicher's depictions of the ethnic group he disliked. His advertising firm and Washington Mutual have a joint web page here which shows his racist and sexist video spots which easily qualify Leo Burnett for the Julius Streicher Award.

His minions include Mary Kelly at Washington Mutual and Karlyn Nelson at the Leo Burnett Agency. Click on names for email blanks to send them messages about Leo Burnett and his Washington Mutual ads.

For an interesting newspaper story on WaMu, go here.