Racist CDs Distributed and Confiscated At Madison Schools

Racist CDs distributed to students at Madison Middle School and Scott High School have been seized by school officials. The schools confiscated about 40 Panzerfaust Records CDs given to students as they walked to school or were getting on buses earlier in the week, Madison Vice Principal Jeff Nelson said Friday.

Nelson called the CDs "unwanted propaganda.''

"We don't appreciate, nor do parents appreciate the fact that adults would have the nerve to approach 10 to 18-year-olds,'' Nelson said.

The CDs contain 15 songs with titles such as "White Supremacy,'' "American Justice,'' "Thirst for Conquest,'' "White Kids,'' and "Tales of Honor,'' Nelson said.

In a purported recording of a telephone conversation with Scott Principal Leonard Bolton posted on Panzerfaust's Web site, a man identifying himself as "Byron'' threatened to sue the school for taking the CDs.

"These CDs were not being listened to at school, nor were they creating a disturbance, so you had no authority to confiscate these CDs,'' he said.

Panzerfaust, based in the Minneapolis suburb of Newport, says on its Web site that white teenagers are the target audience for its CD. The label also said it sent out 5,000 CDs -- most were direct-mailed to teenagers nationwide with interests including heavy metal music or skateboarding. Calvert said he bought bulk mailing lists to obtain the teens' names and addresses.

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