So what if Obama was Arab or Muslim? So what if John McCain was Arab or Muslim? Would it matter?
When did that become a disqualifier for higher office in our country? When did Arab and Muslim become dirty words? The equivalent of dishonorable or radical?
Whenever this gets raised, the implication is that there is something wrong with being an Arab-American or a Muslim. And the media is complicit here, too.
We've all been too quick to accept the idea that calling someone Muslim is a slur.
When did that become a disqualifier for higher office in our country? When did Arab and Muslim become dirty words? The equivalent of dishonorable or radical?
Whenever this gets raised, the implication is that there is something wrong with being an Arab-American or a Muslim. And the media is complicit here, too.
We've all been too quick to accept the idea that calling someone Muslim is a slur.
a nice commentary by cnn's campbell brown ...
1 comment:
Islamophobia is becoming a trend it's quite sad how people tend to generalize quite quickly without even trying to understand what is it they are stereotyping about!
And fox news channel is the most biased out of all news channels not only are they on the repebulican party's side they are also racist little freaks o they keep saying (about obama) "he attended a MADRASA' << I don't think they even know what they are saying inno yalla anything that sounds arabic can terrify the veiwers.
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