elizabeth trying to walk to school in little rock, arkansas, in 1957. she was a schoolkid trying to go to a public school in a town where her parents paid taxes. in little rock, arkansas, in 1957, that was controversial because of what she was. we know that that s what s going on when someone s identity is controversial. and that s what s going on right now with what should be an utterly noncontroversial reality show about a midwestern family. it s actually our broad climate of anti-islamic rhetoric that creates the controversy. listen to what s being said about muslims in a political context. the statement was, would i be comfortable with a muslim in my administration. i would not be comfortable because you have peaceful muslims and then you have militant muslims. those that are trying to kill us. and so when i said i wouldn t be comfortable, i was thinking about the ones that are try to kill us. we see an increasing number
to a public school in a town where her parents paid taxes. in little rock, arkansas, in 1957, that was controversial because of who she was. we know that that s what s going on when someone s identity is controversial. and that s what s going on right now with what should be an utterly noncontroversial reality show about a midwestern family. it s actually our broad climate of anti-islamic rhetoric that creates the controversy. listen to what s being said about muslims in a political context. the statement was, would i be comfortable with a muslim in my administration. i would not be comfortable because you have peaceful muslims and then you have militant muslims. those that are trying to kill us. and so when i said i wouldn t be comfortable, i was thinking about the ones that are try to kill us. we see an increasing number of muslim youth radicalizing in america and attempting plots here in the u.s. or traveling abroad to join groups. an ongoing effort to recruit and radicalize d
american jihadis who pose a direct threat to the united states. we have an invented palestinian people. who would be profound? the folks most likely to be committing these crimes. obviously muslims would be someone you d look at. absolutely. the message we re getting is that it s okay to profile muslims. why? because muslims are our enemy, just muslims in general. i was on a flight to d.c. i had a woman sitting behind me say, see that veiled woman? i m very uncomfortable. i turn around, i told her, you get your [ bleep ] off the plane because i have a meeting to get to to educate people like you. they make me feel like no matter what you do, you ll always be a third class. there s a lot of people don t know nothing about islam. and they think all muslim are the same. i hope people change attitude and accept a person for what he
an ongoing effort to recruit and radicalize dozens of muslim american jihadis who pose a direct threat to the united states. we have an invented palestinian people. who would be profound? the folks most likely to be committing these crimes. obviously muslims would be someone you d look at. absolutely. the message we re getting is that it s okay to profile muslims. why? because muslims are our enemy, just muslims in general. i was on a flight to d.c. i had a woman sitting behind me say, see that veiled woman? i m very uncomfortable. i turn around, i told her, you get your [ bleep ] off the plane because i have a meeting to get to to educate people like you. they make me feel like no matter what you do, you ll always be a third class. there s a lot of people don t know nothing about islam. and they think all muslim are the same.
she was a schoolkid trying to go to a public school in a town where her parents paid taxes. in little rock, arkansas, in 1957, that was controversial because of what she was. we know that that s what s going on when someone s identity is controversial. and that s what s going on right now with what should be an utterly noncontroversial reality show about a midwestern family. it s actually our broad climate of anti-islamic rhetoric that creates the controversy. listen to what s being said about muslims in a political context. the statement was, would i be comfortable with a muslim in my administration. i would not be comfortable because you have peaceful muslims and then you have militant muslims. those that are trying to kill us. and so when i said i wouldn t be comfortable, i was thinking about the ones that are try to kill us. we see an increasing number of muslim youth radicalizing in america and attempting plots here in the u.s. or traveling abroad to join groups.