A man walks through the crowd at the Ground Zero protest and is mistaken as a Muslim. The crowd turns on him and confronts him. The man in the blue hard hat calls him a coward and tries to fight him. The tall man who I think was one of the organizers tried to get between the two men. Later I caught up with the man who’s name is Kenny. He is a Union carpenter who works at Ground Zero. We discussed what a scary moment that was for him. I told him that I hoped it did not ruin his day.
MAIN FOCUS: Building of mosque divides the US | 18/08/2010
In the row over the planned construction of an Islamic cultural centre near Ground Zero in New York, democratic politicians have distanced themselves from the position of US President Barack Obama. The latter had spoken out in favour of the project but then qualified his remarks. Both religious freedom and the memory of 9/11 must be respected, commentators say.
One in five Americans think Obama is a Muslim
from Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza
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14 Shocking Facts That Prove the US Criminal Justice System Is Racist, Bill Quigley
The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people.
Saying the US criminal system is racist may be politically controversial in some circles. But the facts are overwhelming. No real debate about that. Below I set out numerous examples of these facts.
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