'Suicide bomber': Muslim town official hit by racist comments at Illinois meeting [View all]

A Muslim city trustee was hit with racist comments during a public meeting in Illinois, ABC7 reported.

Reem Townsend, who is a Muslim and daughter of Palestinian immigrants, was speaking last month at a DuPage Township meeting to discuss a proposed food pantry and resource center. While she was addressing a constituent, she heard a man in the audience say, "Well, didn't know that she was a suicide bomber."

"I felt like this was an attack on being Palestinian," she said. "It was like, demonizing me and like, as if he's trying to make me not like I'm a real person."

Later, the constituent she was addressing made a comment of his own.

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