Posted on 12/29/2023 1:05:11 AM PST by Libloather
The head of the Illinois Chapter of the NAACP has been suspended over her inflammatory comments about migrants.
Teresa Haley made the remarks during a Zoom call in October, where she labeled the more than 25,000 new arrivals 'savages' and 'rapists'.
The soundbite soon went viral, and eventually elicited both an apology from Haley, and a statement from the seminal civil rights group.
In a statement, the Baltimore-based agency confirmed it had suspended Haley, 58, on December 13 - the day before she issued her apology.
When contacted Thursday, the NAACP did not immediately offer information or clarification on the retired state staffer's removal, including how long it will last. In the earlier statement, they said they would not be providing 'comment at this time.'
'The NAACP stands firm in our commitment to advancing racial justice and cultivating a society where human dignity is respected,' the 114-year-old institution said of Haley, was elected to her first two-year term as president in 2015.
'As of December 13, NAACP Illinois State Conference President Teresa Haley has been suspended,' the bulletin continued.
'As an internal matter, there will be no additional comment at this time.'
Brass added: 'The NAACP will continue to foster an environment that is reflective of our mission and respective of our membership.'
The announcement, meanwhile, was issued on December 15, almost two months after Haley let loose in a recorded call with state leaders - where she appeared to channel a 2016-era Donald Trump.
'These immigrants who come over here, they've been raping people, they've been breaking into homes, they're like savages as well,' she said.
'They don't speak the language and they look at us like we're crazy,' she continued, before turning to communities she said are being ignored.
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They took their jobs.
Say what you mean, mean what you say, never apologize.
There is no real cure for inequality
Correct, it has always been and it will always be. Our charge is to mitigate what we can in our own lives.
“...she appeared to channel a 2016-era Donald Trump.”
Alex Hammer/MSM TrumpDerangementSyndrome.
they can’t help themselves!
Why ?
Don’t spread that Leftist pathogen.
-fJroberts-
This is how the Dims have declining support among “blacks”.
Blacks know so many of their kin are on the low end economically AND they new the illegal migrants compete with them for the low end jobs.
I think you miss my meaning, “inequality” is part of being human. There will always be those with more and those with less. Our charge as Christians is to treat all with fairness and compassion. That doesn’t mean accommodation of them corrupt, the depraved and the extremes of those with severe mental disorders.
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