ƵStatement on Senator’s Discriminatory Questioning of Civil Rights Leader Maya Berry

September 18, 2024 3:00 pm

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WASHINGTON — Ƶ Executive Director Anthony D. Romero, released the following statement regarding Sen. John Kennedy’s of Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute:

“The Ƶ condemns this discriminatory and vitriolic attack on Maya Berry, a renowned civil rights leader, and joins the chorus of voices from across the political spectrum in denouncing these remarks.

“To use a hearing about the disturbing rise in anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and antisemitic hate crimes to launch personal and discriminatory attacks on an expert witness they’ve invited to testify is both outrageous and inappropriate. This kind of racist rhetoric should be widely condemned. It has no place in Congress, or in politics.

“Maya Berry is a courageous and compassionate leader who has spent her entire career working to strengthen our democracy and protect the rights of Arab American communities, and other vulnerable communities who face discrimination and targeting because of their ethnicity, race, or religion.”

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