Tag Archives: Islamophobia

Is Islamophobia Racism?

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Donovan Schaefer

Short answer: Yes. The long answer: So you remember Don Imus? The sports commentator who called the teenage girls of the Rutgers basketball team “nappy-headed hoes” and was dropped from NBC? How about Michael Richards—the guy who played Kramer on … Continue reading →

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Daisy Khan at Syracuse University

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Donovan Schaefer

I met Daisy Khan, wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and one of the minds behind the Park51 project, when she came to my campus today, first at a lunch hosted by the interfaith Hendricks Chapel, then for an interview … Continue reading →

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How It Works: Shirley Sherrod, Park51, and the Big Mistake in American Culture

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Donovan Schaefer

Two stories in the news that had me riveted this summer.  First, the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” the Park51 Islamic community center (Jon Stewart labeled it the “Community Center of Death”) that a few Muslim New Yorkers applied for permission … Continue reading →

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