A U.S. foreign service officer is still working for the State Department about a year and a half after it was discovered that he was the creator of a racist and antisemitic blog, and he still publishes on the website almost daily.
The owner of the website BloodAndFaith.com, Fritz Berggren, who has worked with Afghan immigrants in Bahrain, routinely criticizes the Jewish religion, members of the LGBTQ community, and Black Americans while promoting the idea that the United States should be a Christian nation-state. Politico broke the news of Berggren’s affiliation with the website, where his name is prominently featured, for the first time in February 2021.
This month, a State-Federal representative informed Jewish Insider that “Mr. Berggren is still a department employee.” The spokeswoman noted that while “we cannot comment on specific personnel situations,” “allegations that an employee has broken a law, rule, or department policy are treated seriously.”
70 Jewish State Department workers demanded Berggren’s dismissal in a letter to Secretary of State Tony Blinken a year ago. Blinken replied by noting that workers who are under investigation for discriminatory behavior may face disciplinary action “up to and including separation where justified,” according to Foreign Policy. Blinken has aimed to advocate diversity within the agency.
Berggren frequently writes about religion. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Miami in 2001.
“There may be no way to cross this gap. Who will support Christ in this? Who will support the Jews in this? You can’t hold both at once, he penned in January. The next day, he wrote: “We continue that war against the Jews, who fight against the Prince of God, Jesus Christ,” in a larger post criticizing Jews’ supposed ability to dominate “the narrative.”
His website, which he founded in 2017, exhorts white Americans to forge tighter racial relationships on the About page. “Just as Blacks are proud and Hispanics have extremely strong blood identity groups, Europeans must regain their blood and faith,” asserted Berggren.
