Antisemitic Incidents in Charlotte, North Carolina
Here are links to recent news articles addressing antisemitic incidents in Charlotte, North Carolina, which involve a local private school (from November 2026) and Foundation of Shalom Park in south Charlotte (in January 2026):
- Charlotte Country Day students to face consequences over swastika video (WSOC Channel 9, 11 Nov 2026)
- Charlotte private school responds to recent racist, antisemitic incidents involving students (QC News, 11 Nov 2026)
- Charlotte private school addresses ‘deeply disturbing’ racist, antisemitic incidents (WBTV, 11 Nov 2026)
- Charlotte Jewish leaders focus on education after 2 antisemitic incidents (WBTV, 11 Nov 2026)
- South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Charge for Defacing Multiple Buildings at Charlotte Jewish Complex (US Attorney’s Office – Western District of North Carolina, 10 Nov 2026)
This is a link to the letter sent by Charlotte Country Day school administrators to parents regarding this incident on November 7th, and a link to a follow up letter sent on November 11th.
Here is a brief summary of the key events from these 5 articles and two letters:*
Together, these articles and letters describe two separate incidents. At Charlotte Country Day School, a video surfaced showing two students, one with swastikas drawn on his stomach. In a November 7 letter, Head of School Dr. Tara Kinsey acknowledged a series of misogynistic, racist, and antisemitic incidents in the Middle and Upper Schools. The school says it is taking disciplinary action, has reached out to the NAACP and the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, is hosting optional spaces for students and employees to support one another, and is developing educational programming with community partners. Separately, on November 10, Dalton Mullis, 24, of Indian Land, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for putting up flyers with a noose, a swastika, and a Nazi death’s head symbol on buildings at Shalom Park on January 19, including the Charlotte Jewish Day School and the Holocaust Memorial. Sentencing has not been set. Jewish Federation CEO Adam Kolett said the response must focus on education for people of all ages, and urged people to speak up right away when they see or hear hate, since serious harm can begin with a joke.
Hateful, racist or misogynistic language or symbols like these, as well as vandalism, are terrible signs of bigoted and disrespectful attitudes and behaviors of some people in our wider community.
I am glad to see school, faith and community leaders addressing these incidents, and hope positive, constructive conversations can result from the media attention justifiably focused on these situations in our community.
Despite pressure from some elected officials in the United States today to abandon DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives which seek to foster respectful, empathetic, and caring cultures within our civic institutions like schools and libraries, our faith groups, as well as our wider community, MANY PEOPLE remain committed to these important values.
I have personally experienced the power of digital storytelling and shared oral history to support racial healing and relationship building. I hope I can continue to participate in that kind of work in the future.
Our work together to advance multicultural understanding, respect, and caring can and must continue.
* AI Attribution: I used Claude to help me locate several of these related articles online, and also draft the included summary paragraph.
More links to online spaces where I advocate for human rights, representative democracy, the separation of church and state, and other shared values are on wesfryer.com/advocacy.
I cross-posted this article to Substack.
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