ARCHSPIRE: "The fundamental weight of this story should focus more heavily on calling out the individual that committed this bigotry and less attention on how the college compensated the victims. Attempting to switch the gears of this conversation from what’s important to how gracious this college was for coming to immediate action is quite simply a misdirection."

Vancouver, Canada technical death metal warriors ARCHSPIRE have commented after Colorado State University offered a refund for two Native American teens whom were racially profiled..
Thomas and Loyd Gray, Native Americans teens from New Mexico were on a tour of the CSU Fort Collins campus when the mother of of another visiting student called 911 to report the Native American teens as "suspicious behavior".  One of the Native American teens was wearing an ARCHSPIRE t-shirt.



ARCHSPIRE  unleashed "RELENTLESS MUTATION",  9/22/2017 via SEASON OF MIST.


Artwork by Eliran Kantor

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/05/04/csu-police-body-cam-video-released-911-call-hands-in-pockets-caused-concern/
https://cbsloc.al/2HNBm4h
FROM ARCHSPIRE:
The fundamental weight of this story should focus more heavily on calling out the individual that committed this bigotry and less attention on how the college compensated the victims.
Attempting to switch the gears of this conversation from what’s important to how gracious this college was for coming to immediate action is quite simply a misdirection.
Let’s focus less on how “gracious” the college was for quickly remedying this very common discriminatory occurrence and focus more on how we can help solve this recurring and problematic social ignorance.
I understand that with a lack of travel and/or a lack of diversity in your own day to day life experience, one might create a kind of social bubble where it becomes perpetually easier to disassociate yourself with cultures and styles of art simply because they contradict your own.
So,
rather than focusing on these two young brothers who are not only deserving of but also entitled to both apology and compensation,
I invite the mother referenced in this article, along with her family, to come to our next show in Colorado, free of charge to observe first hand just how positive, accepting and overall uplifting the “threatening” lifestyle that these innocent brothers freely and publicly represent, actually is.
With any hope, seeing the unity and undeniable joy that’s brought into the lives of these young music and art enthusiasts, might change her bias opinion about who they really are at their core.

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-