- Following the events of Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol, the American Political Science Association released a statement encouraging "both sides" of the political spectrum to do better.
- This statement was deemed to be too controversial to many of APSA’s members, prompting the professional organization to release a revised statement a few days later.
...“The efforts to begin reconciliation yesterday after order was restored are reflective of what public officials need to be doing to help rebuild confidence in our democratic institutions, including agreement by both sides to do better and work together to dismantle the systems and structures that lead to the harm,” the statement read.
Ben Ansell, a member of APSA council announced via Twitter, “I’m afraid to say this statement, which includes the unfortunate phrase ‘both sides should do better’ was not run by the Council and I certainly don’t approve of this kind of equivocal response. One side was responsible.”
The backlash from Ansell, as well as several other members, prompted APSA to release a new and revised statement filled with apologies for its original statement.
“We apologize for the Statement of January 7th on the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. The statement failed to adequately address and condemn the historical, social, and political contextual factors that led to it, including xenophobia, white supremacy, white nationalism, right-wing extremism, and racism.
We also condemn the racial disparities in treatment by law enforcement and the unequal application of the law. We apologize for the distress our statement caused during this painful moment in our history,” the revised statement reads...Read all.
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