“Ahmed Mitchell, the national deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said “It is unconscionable that a corporate leader and NBA owner would so coldly dismiss the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing genocide of Uyghur Muslims.’
As the controversy grew Monday, Palihapitiya, a Sri Lankan-born Canadian American, issued a statement on Twitter, “clarifying” his comments. He didn’t apologize for what he said but acknowledged that he came across as “lacking in empathy.”
“As a refugee, my family fled a country with its own set of human rights issues so this is something that is very much a part of my lived experience,” he wrote.” To be clear, my belief is that human rights matter, whether in China, the United States, or elsewhere. Full stop.”
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