The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with the Haitian community nationwide as it is being targeted by an online racist hate campaign.
Racists, white supremacists, anti-immigrant activists, and even some elected officials are spreading the false rumor that Haitians are abducting and eating pets.
“As the latest target of racist hate, the Haitian community deserves the full support of all Americans who value mutual respect and inclusion,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. “Those who spread racist falsehoods should be repudiated and their attempts to stoke division and bigotry should be rejected.”
Hooper added that earlier this month, CAIR expressed solidarity with the Haitian community in Albertville, Alabama, after recent racist responses to Haitians moving to that city to work in a chicken processing plant.
He noted that the Columbus office of the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OH) recently expressed solidarity with members of the Haitian community of Springfield after a neo-Nazi organization held a march targeting them.
Hooper said Washington, D.C., based CAIR and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging antisemitism, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com