Islamaphobia

In the afternoon workshop at the Amnesty Conference today, there was a large group that met to talk about American stereotypes of Muslims and the Islamic community in the United States. We talked about general misconceptions and unfair portrayals of Arabs (who are not all Muslims) in Disney, Drama TV like the show 24 and adult comedy. The leaders were really cool, and they showed a lot of stand up comedy to that makes fun of all ethnicitys. It also came up the "accusations"that Obama was Muslim. i say "accusations" because i really don't see what would be negative about it. We talked about how the roomers will effect the Islamic community in the US after he comes to office. The way that Barack had to denounce the stories with such verve during the campaign worries me. Without coming to any conclusions, we worked with the topic a lot. We will have to see what will develop once he comes to office.

xoxo hEn