(WASHINGTON D.C., 4/1/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the signing of a contract allowing the removal of a Confederate monument in Caddo Parish, La. CAIR also condemned racist incidents in Arkansas and Mississippi.
Yesterday, the office of Caddo Parish announced that the parish administration signed a contract allowing for the removal of a Confederate monument currently located outside the parish courthouse. The contract calls for the statue, which has stood outside the courthouse since the early 1900’s, to be removed no later than December 31, 2022.
SEE: Caddo Courthouse Confederate monument relocation has been signed
A couple in Trumann, Ark, have allegedly been the target of racist harassment and threats from their neighbors. The harassment reportedly began in October, when the couple’s neighbors started a bonfire close to their yard, causing the wife to worry that the fire would spread to their property. The neighbors also reportedly walked around their backyard with guns and talked about harming the couple.
After the husband put a camera in the couple’s backyard to record the harassment, the neighbors put up a large sign featuring the Confederate flag and the words “Watch this” written above it. One of the neighbors has been charged with terroristic threatening, to which he has pleaded not guilty. He will appear in court on Monday.
SEE: Racist images lead to residential conflict
https://www.kait8.com/2022/04/01/racist-images-lead-residential-conflict/
A county supervisor in Mississippi’s Copiah County has been called to resign after allegedly sending racist text messages to a Hazlehurst City Alderman. The alderman said he believes he was sent the messages, which included the n-word, because he refused to back the firing of a police officer who arrested the supervisor. The supervisor was also reportedly upset about the handling of a robbery at a restaurant he owns. The supervisor apologized for the texts and claimed to be inebriated when he sent them.
SEE: Hazlehurst city alderman says he was sent racist and offensive text from a Copiah County Supervisor
In a statement, CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said:
“Racism and white supremacy continue to present serious challenges to our nation at all levels of society and targeting all minority communities. We support and welcome every effort to move our nation closer to justice and we condemn all incidents of hate and bigotry.”
He said the American Muslim community and CAIR stand in solidarity with all those challenging antisemitism, white supremacy, anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and all other forms of bigotry.”
SEE: CAIR Calls on CBP at Dulles Airport to Immediately Stop Racist Harassment of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) Leadership
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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, 202-999-8292, 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