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'Like Savages,' Migrants 'Raping People': Illinois NAACP President - Springfield, IL - A video recording of racist remarks during a Zoom meeting has resulted in requests for Teresa Haley to resign as Illinois NAACP president.

CHICAGO — In a videotaped criticism of migrant policy, the president of the Illinois National Association for the Advancement of Colored People compared migrants to “savages” and accused them of

Illinois NAACP President Teresa Haley is under fire for calling Chicago migrants "savages" during a Zoom meeting.

In a videotaped criticism of migrant policy, the president of the Illinois NAACP compared migrants to “savages” and accused them of rape — comments that have prompted a call for her to resign. Illinois State Conference NAACP President Teresa Haley made the comments this fall in a conference call with branch presidents from around the state, according to Patrick Watson, former president of the ...

The former president of the DuPage County NAACP released the inflammatory video earlier Tuesday.

 

Haley who heads the NAACP state conference also used the N-word and sneered at transsexuals during the video call which was recorded by former Du Bois County branch president Patrick Watson.

Former NAACP DuPage County President Patrick Watson told The Daily Beast he resigned after Teresa Haley’s comments, which he called “absolute hate speech.”

Calls migrants "savages"

The president of the Illinois chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is facing heavy backlash for comparing immigrants to savages, and several people are calling for her to step down or apologize.