Krysta Albert – MAN HATER

Albert made other comments that are considered racist. “The statement attributed to Albert was posted from her profile as a comment to a message from Eugene resident Nancy Berge and read: “U R exactly why we call you people (racial slur).” Berge posted a screenshot of that item on her Facebook page earlier this week, calling Albert’s comment “unprovoked and inexcusable.”
On her now-deleted Festival of Eugene Facebook page, Albert wrote that she “did not write” that statement.
“Those of you who know me know this is not something I would ever say or think. My Facebook wall is representative of who I am, and clearly if one is to look at my history, this allegation is not supported by my Facebook wall,” Albert wrote. “I do much for my community, and I do it for the goodness of my heart.”
But commenters appeared sceptical and pointed to Albert’s past social media comments from as far back as December that seemed to carry a race-related theme.
“Black Lives Matter is a separatist movement that supports domestic terrorism and violence against white people,” a screenshot of a Facebook comment attributed to Albert reads. “Eugene is a vanilla valley living in fantasy. I have lived in New York City, Boston, St. Louis, Missouri, Baltimore, I have lived in states that actually have a black population and I can tell you whatever Eugene (has) got going on does not represent the real demographic of Black Lives Matter.”
In December, Albert commented on a KEZI news posting after Natriana Shorter won the crown for Miss Oregon. The comment read, “I know this is going to sound racist and it’s not my intention. But I can’t help but think it’s awfully strange that a woman of color would represent (the) state of Oregon. The state that has one of the smallest amount of minorities of any race compared to other states. And yes, she is very beautiful.”
Others on Facebook have expressed support of Albert and claim Facebook is launching an investigation to find those responsible.
“Our good friend and organizer of the Festival of Eugene, Krysta Albert, was just the focus of a cyber/hate crime attack here on Facebook,” Eugene Daily News website publisher Kelly Asay wrote. “The person responsible appears to have hacked Ms. Albert’s account, or photoshopped a terrible racist comment and posted it on her page (Facebook is investigating).
“Krysta is one of the most genuine people I have the pleasure of knowing and working with here in our community, and would never say, condone or participate in this type of hateful behavior.”
The Festival of Eugene was a free event featuring lives musical performances and poetry readings, as well as arts and crafts and health stands, food vendors and a beer garden.
One Facebook commenter, Eugene resident Gwendolyn Iris, responded to the controversy by writing: “Let me be clear, the only appropriate response from the Festival of Eugene Planning Committee right now would be a public condemnation of Krysta Albert and an announcement that she has been eliminated from the event. Anything else is (expletive). This condemnation should have happened yesterday afternoon.
“This waiting for an investigation to be complete before making a decision is nothing but pussyfooting around trying to save face. Every hour that goes by that they do not come out publicly against Krysta the more complicit they are in her racism.
“The screenshots exist. Witnesses are plenty. The hacked story is (expletive). There is an established record of racist comments from her in the past. She is a Trump supporter for the love of (expletive)!”