A civil rights leader in Illinois is facing calls to resign after referring to migrants as “savages” during a Zoom meeting.
NAACP Illinois State Conference President Teresa Haley was recorded in a virtual meeting calling migrants “savages” and claiming they are “raping people” in a video that was released by former DuPage County NAACP President Patrick Watson on Tuesday.
Haley made the comments to argue that Black residents enduring homelessness are not given the same aid as migrants during a Oct. 26 Zoom meeting.
“Black people have been on the streets forever and ever,” Haley says. "And nobody cares, because they say that we’re drug addicts, we’ve got mental health issues.”
She continued: “But these immigrants who come over here, they’ve been raping people, they’ve been breaking into homes,” she continues. "They’re like savages as well! They don’t speak the language and they look at us like we’re crazy.”
There are legitimate problems in NY and Chicago due to migrants, particularly in black communities. Pretending she’s a puppet for echoing what people have told them is kind of questionable.
There are legitimate problems in NY and Chicago due to people who were born and raised here, too. The problem is blaming it on a whole group of people due to their ethnicity. It’s just as racist to say that migrants are “savages” and “rapists”, as it is to say that African Americans are “gangbangers”.
This is what gets me. Here I am, calling out specifically that, and this smoothbrain comes in, basically supporting her and that exact propaganda. “IT’S NOT PROPAGANDA, IT’S REAL”. No, you muppet, it isn’t.
Thanks. More people need to yell at racist xenophobes. This behaviour isn’t acceptable.
The migrants aren’t the fucking problem. The cities making choices that pit minority neighborhoods against migrants for resources are a problem.
But no, it’s republican propaganda to want to listen to voices that have historically been ignored. Christ you’re all insane.
There are a lot of problems. That doesn’t mean we can’t focus on multiple issues? Is it surprising at all that city leaders are making choices that negatively impact minority neighborhoods?
I’m an open borders type. I think immigration is a net bonus.
You are the legitimate problem.
Oh, to be so confidently unaware of your own ignorance. Must be nice at times. (This is not one of those times.)