“There is absolutely no racism anywhere.” “You will see that this event was a political event,” said the lawyer, Corey Hogan, a partner of the Buffalo law firm of HoganWillig. The Nicosias, through their lawyer and in their own words, took pains to cast the party as a small group of about a dozen friends who had gathered to poke fun at liberal politicians and causes and that there was nothing racist about their behavior. And I ask that you accept my apology, as it is sincere.” This wasn’t an easy thing to do, to get up here and tell you this. And I would challenge you that you would find anyone in the community that would tell you that I am. And I think it’s a lesson learned certainly for me, and I think others can learn from the lesson,” she said. And I’ve learned that making a comment under a persona on Twitter is just as wrong and hurts just as much as saying it directly to someone in the room. “The past 12 difficult days that I’ve been through, I’ve learned a lot. Znidarsic-Nicosia went on to say that she has reflected on her actions and sought to distance herself from her racist online identity. RELATED: Rochester 'society' shuns alleged Juneteenth spoof party hosts RELATED: Black firefighter says he was made to attend racist party while on duty “And for these comments, I’d like to apologize to the African American community and other people in the community that I have hurt or offended by doing what I was doing on Twitter,” she said. I don’t want to say charm, but it gives you an opportunity to be someone that you’re not in terms of a persona. “The culture of Twitter operates that way. “I do have a Twitter parody account that operates under a veil of a persona and I have made blatantly racist comments under that persona,” Znidarsic-Nicosia said.
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The account was deactivated later the same day.īut on Tuesday she revealed her online identity before a room full of reporters at the behest of her lawyer. In the ensuing days, Znidarsic-Nicosia denied being associated with the account in a brief interview with CITY last week. Nicholas Nicosia and his wife, Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia. Jones intends to sue the city for being made to attend a party at the East Avenue home of Dr.
The account, which went by the handle and operated under a variety of usernames, including “Colonel Nathaniel Sanders,” had been active since November 2021 and routinely trolled Black people, elected officials, and journalists, often in a voice that mimicked Black Vernacular English. The image was that of a bust of a “Smilin’ Sam from Alabam’ The Salted Peanut Man,” a Black caricature piggy bank that Znidarsic-Nicosia said was on display in her home. While she did not refer to the account by name, even when pressed by reporters, she acknowledged that one of the profile photos used on the account was hers. They said the event was intended to clear their names and restore their reputations. Nicholas Nicosia, and their lawyer staged at a Hilton Garden Inn in Pittsford. Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia admitted that she was behind the social media account during a news conference that she and her husband, Dr. The wife of a prominent Rochester couple accused of hosting a racist Juneteenth parody party at their East Avenue home acknowledged Tuesday that she ran a Twitter account notorious for its racist posts. 23, 2022, that they said was intended to defend themselves against allegations of racism and to restore their reputations. Nicholas Nicosia at a news conference on Aug.
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