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In a videotaped criticism of migrant policy, the president of the Illinois NAACP compared migrants to “savages” and accused them of rape — comments that have prompted a call for her to resign.
Illinois State Conference NAACP President Teresa Haley made the comments this fall in a conference call with branch presidents from around the state, according to Patrick Watson, former president of the DuPage County Branch NAACP. Watson, who said he resigned in protest of Haley, recorded the video, which he shared Tuesday.
In the video, Haley objected to migrants having been given lodging and clothing while Black and homeless people have been ignored.
“But Black people have been on the streets forever and ever, and nobody cares, because they say that we’re drug addicts, we’ve got mental health issues,” she said. “But these immigrants who come over here, they’ve been raping people, they’ve been breaking into homes, they’re like savages as well. They don’t speak the language and they look at us like we’re crazy.”
Reached by WLS-Ch. 7 while on vacation in Dubai, Haley denied the statements, but when confronted about them being on video suggested it was fake, saying “With AI, anything is possible.”
Watson said he didn’t immediately respond to Haley, but got fed up after Haley made recent comments referring to LGBTQ pronouns as “they, them, it,” which Watson said is insulting to people he knows.
“This kind of rhetoric drives that kind of hate,” Watson told the Tribune.
Other NAACP members made comments about migrants getting resources that Blacks did not, but, he said, “She was the only one that used this derogatory, hateful language.”
“I’m seeing a lot of division, and they’re only fanning the flames,” Watson said. “This is not the sentiment of the Black community as a whole, it’s a vocal minority[/b]. Public sentiment is very much in favor of helping migrants in DuPage. You can be for raising up your people without denigrating other people.”
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In a videotaped criticism of migrant policy, the president of the Illinois NAACP compared migrants to “savages” and accused them of rape — comments that have prompted a call for her to resign.
Illinois State Conference NAACP President Teresa Haley made the comments this fall in a conference call with branch presidents from around the state, according to Patrick Watson, former president of the DuPage County Branch NAACP. Watson, who said he resigned in protest of Haley, recorded the video, which he shared Tuesday.
In the video, Haley objected to migrants having been given lodging and clothing while Black and homeless people have been ignored.
“But Black people have been on the streets forever and ever, and nobody cares, because they say that we’re drug addicts, we’ve got mental health issues,” she said. “But these immigrants who come over here, they’ve been raping people, they’ve been breaking into homes, they’re like savages as well. They don’t speak the language and they look at us like we’re crazy.”
Reached by WLS-Ch. 7 while on vacation in Dubai, Haley denied the statements, but when confronted about them being on video suggested it was fake, saying “With AI, anything is possible.”
Watson said he didn’t immediately respond to Haley, but got fed up after Haley made recent comments referring to LGBTQ pronouns as “they, them, it,” which Watson said is insulting to people he knows.
“This kind of rhetoric drives that kind of hate,” Watson told the Tribune.
Other NAACP members made comments about migrants getting resources that Blacks did not, but, he said, “She was the only one that used this derogatory, hateful language.”
“I’m seeing a lot of division, and they’re only fanning the flames,” Watson said. “This is not the sentiment of the Black community as a whole, it’s a vocal minority[/b]. Public sentiment is very much in favor of helping migrants in DuPage. You can be for raising up your people without denigrating other people.”
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