(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/13/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed its support for a resolution in state legislature North Dakota proposed in response to racist incidents at sporting events in the state.
House Concurrent Resolution 3022, proposed by Rep. Jayme Davis, calls for a legislative study to clarify the role of education officials, school districts and athletics regulators in promoting proper spectator behavior at sporting events. The study would include a “clarification of (spectator) expectations and consequences for violating those expectations.” The resolution was proposed following two recent racist incidents targeting minority student athletes in Jamestown and Dickinson.
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“The targeting of any student with racist harassment at school sporting events or anywhere else cannot be tolerated,” said CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw. “We urge North Dakota lawmakers to support this resolution.”
He said 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, [email protected]; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, [email protected]