Confronting the Untold Story of Racism within Our Community
Abu Dhir has written about a difficult conversation with his daughter about anti-Black racism – an issue we also touched on last year. Now I […]
Racism
Explaining Our Own Racism to My Daughter
Racism is an age-old scourge affecting everyone including Muslim communities. It’s a tough but necessary conversation to have.
Castes: The Unspoken & Untouchable Roots of Our Racism
Re: the recent three posts here about racism I’ve observed. I have been trying to understand where our racist impulse comes from. After some reflection, […]
More Blacks in Leadership!… Just Not Now
Blacks are the largest group of American Muslims. Yet, they are almost absent of leadership positions in the biggest US Muslim groups. Blacks make up […]
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Obstacles to Muslim Interracial Marriage
Interracial marriage is still an issue in this country 50 years after the end of the racist so-called “Anti-miscegenation” laws. “My wife’s family tells her […]
Oh Bilal, Where Art Thou?
Attending a Tennessee Church as the Only Person of Color Twenty years ago I attended a friend’s wedding at an evangelical church in rural Tennessee. […]