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A civil rights leader in Illinois is facing calls to resign after referring to migrants as "savages" during a Zoom meeting.

NAACP Illinois State Conference President Teresa Haley was recorded in a virtual meeting calling migrants “savages” and claiming they are “raping people” in a video that was released by former DuPage County NAACP President Patrick Watson on Tuesday.

Haley made the comments to argue that Black residents enduring homelessness are not given the same aid as migrants during a Oct. 26 Zoom meeting.

"Black people have been on the streets forever and ever," Haley says. "And nobody cares, because they say that we're drug addicts, we've got mental health issues.”

She continued: "But these immigrants who come over here, they've been raping people, they've been breaking into homes," she continues. "They're like savages as well! They don't speak the language and they look at us like we're crazy.”

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[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It was AI!

Which she has now backed down on and has apologised.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Apologised for being a Republican puppet? I mean, regurgitating Republican talking points is pretty disappointing for anyone, let alone an American minority, let alone a president of the NAACP. 🤦

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Is she? I couldn't find her affiliation (Wiki and some news articles about her). Bizarre she came out with such ridiculous stereotypes knowing that she's associated with the NAACP.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Likely an unknowing Republican puppet.

She's swallowed their propaganda BS hook, line and sinker.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago

One thing I’ve come to realize is most people who who disparage others are simply directing eyes away from themselves. Projecting. Casting illusions, and what I mean isn’t necessarily what they’re saying is or isn’t true (though often it is maybe a truth or half-truth), it’s simply meant to cast the illusion that they are somehow “better” than they actually are.

I’m trying to fathom at how much better off we’d be , collectively speaking, if people who do this would spend a little time going within and figuring out how to be a bit better today than they were, yesterday, instead of trying to figure out how to look better, externally.

I hope that makes sense. I need a nap.

Edited for capitalization and autocorrect.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Blaming AI will be the thing to do from now on. Any time anyone says anything atrocious- "It was AI."

[–] Maeve@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago

Is there a way to distinguish one from the other, for average joes?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

How does one have AI speak for you in a zoom meeting?

It seems worth the risk…