(WASHINGTON D.C., 11/15/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a right-wing group’s $500 “bounty” to catch educators in that state who are offering anti-racism training.
The offer of a bounty by the New Hampshire chapter of Moms for Liberty came after the launch of a website to report violations of that state’s new law that seeks – like similar legislation nationwide – to ban the teaching of so-called critical race theory (CRT).
SEE: New Hampshire Moms for Liberty chapter offers $500 to anyone who can catch teachers breaking a new ‘discrimination’ law
https://news.yahoo.com/hampshire-moms-liberty-chapter-offers-042745142.html
N.H Education Department launches system for parents to lodge discrimination complaints against teachers
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2021-11-10/nh-discrimination-teachers-system
An Anti-CRT Group Is Offering People $500 to Snitch on Teachers
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3vga5/anti-crt-group-offering-teachers-money-new-hampshire
CAIR opposed the proposed ban on anti-racism teaching in New Hampshire.
SEE: CAIR Urges New Hampshire Legislature to Drop Bill Modeled on Trump’s Executive Order Banning Anti-Racism Training
“It is bad enough that any state would seek to ban teaching about systemic anti-Black racism, but to offer a ‘bounty’ to ferret out those who seek to educate our nation’s youth about the harm caused by bigotry is beyond the pale,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.
Hooper noted that CAIR has condemned efforts to ban anti-racism teaching in North Dakota, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, Idaho, Utah, Missouri, and other states.
He said CAIR and the American Muslim community are standing in solidarity with all those challenging anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com