Arab American Leader Responds After GOP Senator Says at Hearing, “You Should Hide Your Head in a Bag”
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,
Berry says the experience illustrated the very problem of dehumanization the hearing was meant to address. Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If ...
Kennedy asked Berry, “You are the executive director of the Arab American Institute, are you not?” She agreed that she ...
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GOP senator insults Arab American advocate at hearing on hate crimesSen. John Neely Kennedy of Louisiana questioned Arab American Institute Executive Director Maya Berry during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, asking her whether she supported Hamas, ...
At a U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on hate crimes, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, sparred with the executive director of Arab ...
"You should hide your head in a bag," the Louisiana Republican sniped at Maya Berry of the Arab American Institute, after ...
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Watch: GOP Senator Goes Full Racist in Attack on Arab American WitnessRepublican Senator John Neely Kennedy accused an Arab American activist of being a member of Hamas, in an incredibly racist ...
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