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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Here are two newspaper articles from spring, 1933. They concern the issue of early Nazi policy toward Germany’s Jews. In the first, the German ambassador to the UK maintains that the issue isn’t Jews but Immigrants. In the second, it is clear that only a few […]

African-Americans

Obama’s Farewell Address: Racial Discrimination a Challenge Ahead

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NBC | (Video Report) | – – “As President Barack Obama’s time in office comes to a close, he delivers his Farewell Address from Chicago.” President Barack Obama’s Farewell Address (Full Speech) | NBC News Full Transcript Everybody have a seat. My fellow Americans, Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well-wishes […]

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Trump won b/c we Let ourselves be Divided & Conquered: Standing Rock was the Opposite

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By David Korten | Yes! Magazine ) | – – We’ve been pitted against each other for too long. Now is the time to come together to fix our corrupt political systems. The heroic work of the Standing Rock water protectors represents a defining moment in the long struggle against the institutions of empire and […]

Arab Americans

Trump Effect: 867 Hate Incidents in Just 10 Days After Election

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TeleSur | – – Educators have reported an increase in students using racial slurs, verbally harassing their classmates and writing white nationalist graffiti. The “Trump effect” is already taking a heavy toll across the United States just weeks after the presidential election with a disturbing spike in racist incidents, including in the nation’s schools, according […]

Arab Americans

Are Arabs White?

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Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Vidoe Report) | – – “White” – without the privilege. Arab-Americans are ready to check their own box on the U.S. census. Dena Takruri explains.” AJ+: “Are Arabs ‘White’?”

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Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek: First Minority Awardee for Best Actor in a Drama in 18 Years

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TeleSur | – – It took nearly two decades, but the the first [minority] actor to win an Emmy for the role of Best Actor in a Drama has just been named. Egyptian-American Rami Malek swooped the award Sunday night, for his demiurgic role as Elliott Alderson in the drama-thriller television series, Mr. Robot. Malek […]

Arab Americans

Muslim-American Parents of KIA Vet to Trump: Here’s the Constitution

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ABC 15 Arizona | (Video News Report) | – – “FULL: Khizr Khan son was 1 of 14 American Muslims who died serving – Democratic National Convention Khizr Khan’s son, Humayun S. M. Khan was a University of Virginia graduate and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Khan was one of 14 American Muslims who died […]

Arab Americans

Amid Trump Campaign, New Jersey Muslims Step Up Outreach

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By Daniella Cheslow | ( RFE/RL) | – – PATERSON, New Jersey — The president of the largest mosque in northern New Jersey says Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House has galvanized his community to raise its profile and reach out to non-Muslim neighbors. “We’re cautious that we don’t want people to know about […]

Arab Americans

On Eid al-Fitr 2016: Muslim-Americans becoming Thread in the US Tapestry

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By Abbas Barzegar | (The Conversation) | – – Ramadan, a month of intense prayer and fasting, has been especially trying for American Muslims this summer: Other than the heat, the small community has been grappling with the aftermath of the massacre in Orlando and the presumptive Republican Party candidate Donald Trump’s call to ban […]