Arab American Leader Maya Berry Responds After GOP Senator
WEB4 hours ago · We speak with Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute, after she faced racist and hostile questioning from Republicans at Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, including Senator John Kennedy, who told Berry, “You should hide your head in a bag.”. The experience illustrated the very problem of ...
GOP senator tells Arab American witness at hate crimes ... - NBC News
WEB1 day ago · The activist, Maya Berry, said repeatedly that she did not support Hamas and was "disappointed" by the minuteslong exchange toward the end of a hearing called "A Threat to Justice Everywhere ...
Sen. John Kennedy accuses Arab-American leader of supporting …
WEB1 day ago · Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy baselessly accused a leading Arab-American civil rights advocate of supporting terrorists during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. The Republican took aim at Maya Berry, the ...
Senate Judiciary Hearing Derailed with Racist Attacks on Civil …
WEB2 days ago · WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the racist remarks directed at Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute and co-chair of The Leadership Conference Hate Crimes Task Force, at today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing ...
Sen. John Kennedy's anti-Arab attacks on Maya Berry were …
WEB1 day ago · Sen. John Kennedy accusing the Arab American Institute's Maya Berry of supporting terrorism and demanding she put a "your head in a bag" was shockingly racist. ... In an interview with NBC News ...
GOP Sen. John Kennedy To Arab American Witness: 'You Support …
WEB1 day ago · “Maya Berry went before the committee to discuss hate crimes. Both Ms. Berry and the topic should have been treated with the respect and seriousness they deserve,” Robert McCaw of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said in a statement.
ACLU Statement on Senator’s Discriminatory Questioning of Civil …
WEB1 day ago · WASHINGTON — American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero, released the following statement regarding Sen. John Kennedy’s questioning of Maya Berry, the executive director of the Arab American Institute: “The American Civil Liberties Union condemns this discriminatory and vitriolic attack on Maya Berry, a renowned civil rights leader, and joins the chorus of voices ...
GOP senator insults Arab American witness at hate crimes hearing
WEB1 day ago · “Maya Berry went before the committee to discuss hate crimes. Both Ms. Berry and the topic should have been treated with the respect and seriousness they deserve,” Robert McCaw, government ...
Sen. Kennedy accuses Muslim American activist of supporting …
WEB1 day ago · During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., accused a leading Arab American activist, Maya Berry, of supporting Hamas.
Senator John Kennedy 'Hide Your Head in a Bag' Remark Sparks …
WEBStory by Khaleda Rahman. • 47m. S enator John Kennedy has sparked a backlash after he told an Arab American activist to "hide [her] head in a bag" during a hearing about hate crimes. Maya Berry ...