ToDaZeD Good Advice
will he take it?
Junaid M. Afeef, director of public and government Affairs at the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, thinks O’Possum ought to “take a principled stand.”
...Mr. Obama is another victim of Islamophobia. He is now facing what Muslims have been and still are struggling with: an irrational fear and hatred of Muslims. Polls show that as many as 25% of Americans admit to prejudicial feelings against Muslims.
Mr. Obama knows that Islamophobia has taken root in the U.S. Islamophobia hits very close to home for him because his father, from whom he also derives his black heritage, was a Muslim.
While his heritage may include Muslims, Mr. Obama is a Christian, and when his religion is incorrectly identified he rightly corrects the record.
The problem, however, is the manner in which he corrects the record. ...He vociferously denies being a Muslim as if it were a slur.
Mr. Obama does not need to take this approach. He knows how to smash through barriers. He brought whites and blacks together in the primary, no small feat in a nation that still struggles with race issues.
As a great leader, Mr. Obama should take a principled stand on the issue of Muslims and Islamophobia.
...Every time Mr. Obama is incorrectly labeled a Muslim, he is also handed a golden opportunity to burnish his egalitarianism by challenging Islamophobes and debunking their bigotry. This would serve the purpose of correcting the record. It would also serve to elevate Mr. Obama to a higher moral ground.
Where do they get this “phobia” thing? There’s no fear involved.
Posted by ZZMike on 07/06/08 at 09:10 PMDuring the year after the World Trade Tower there were about 3 times more hate crimes in the US against Jews, than Muslims there were more hate crimes against Asiatic Pacific Islanders.
Yeah we sure became Islamophobic
PS if they are out to kill you? it’s not a phobia
Posted by Dan Kauffman on 07/07/08 at 12:43 AM
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