Raptors join chorus speaking out against Trump’s executive order
Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey calls U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban “scary,” saying it reminds him of the racial segregation in the American south in the 1960s.
Casey, Raptors president Masai Ujiri, and all-star guard Kyle Lowry joined the growing chorus of voices speaking out against Trump’s executive order banning travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries Monday.
“I don’t like it,” Casey said. “Our nation, the U.S., is a nation of immigrants. . . Just to put a blanket ban over a lot of Muslim countries that we have no issues with, we have to be careful.”
“It’s a slippery slope,” he added. “For every action, there’s a cause and effect and a reaction by other people, so we have to be careful. Again, I’m a U.S. citizen, a proud U.S. citizen, but we have to be careful how we’re handling our business in the States.”