(Tennessean) Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton’s recent appointment of long-time activist Laurie Cardoza-Moore to the Tennessee State Textbook Commission is already garnering backlash from some community members.
On Tuesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) — the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization — called on Sexton to rescind Cardoza-Moore’s appointment to the commission, which oversees the official list of textbooks and instructional materials recommended for use by Tennessee students.
“This individual should not be anywhere near the selection of textbooks in Tennessee or any state. She clearly has anti-Muslim views that inevitably would negatively impact any textbook selection. We would urge the speaker to rescind the appointment immediately,” CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said in a statement Tuesday.
