![]() ![]() And you know, not to let this bring me down, but more people support me and he asked me what he can do to support me," Townsend said.If you own property in DuPage County, you are responsible for paying your property taxes. "He just called to tell me how sorry and how awful that is. Since then, Townsend has received an outpouring of support, including a personal call over the weekend from Governor JB Pritzker. When we eat this late it means we only eat one meal a day and I'm going to eat my food," she said. I don't eat up eat from sunup to sundown. "I was able to stand up and say 'excuse me, it's Ramadan. Townsend, who was observing Ramadan at the time, had broken her fast during the meeting and addressed the constituent directly. ![]() "As I was answering one of his statements, he said, 'Oh, you just go back to eating your lunch,'" she recalled. The upset constituent she had been addressing earlier then made a statement himself. "It was like, demonizing me and like, as if he's trying to make me not like I'm a real person." "I felt like this was an attack on being Palestinian," she said. Townsend, a Muslim and daughter of Palestinian immigrants, was shocked. She was addressing an upset constituent when a man next to him could be heard saying, "Well, didn't know that she was a suicide bomber." Reem Townsend said it happened on April 6, in a meeting to discuss a proposed food pantry and resource center. (WLS) - A DuPage Township trustee said she is feeling empowered after being faced with racist comments at a public meeting. ![]() Palestinian and Muslim DuPage Township Trustee Reem Townsend was faced with racist comments at a public meeting recently.īOLINGBROOK, Ill. ![]()
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