(Chicago Sun-Times) Many Cubs fans, especially those who are Muslim, felt betrayed and hurt after leaked emails from Cubs ownership patriarch and TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts revealed racist jokes and Islamophobic rhetoric.
The Chicago chapter of the Council [on] American-Islamic Relations on Tuesday said Ricketts’ emails sent a shock wave through the city’s Muslim community, and executive director Ahmed Rehab called the comments “alarming and highly disappointing.”
“Bigotry has no home in Chicago,” Rehab said. “The idea that Muslims do not belong or are a threat to our culture is a tired, old Islamophobic trope that is disproven every day through living, working, contributing and leading in America, our home. It is lazy, ignorant and, moreover, blatantly false. We expect and demand better.”
