By Deborah Kong
AP Minority Issues Writer
March 19, 2003, 2:45 AM EST
SAN FRANCISCO — When Amjad Obeidat marched at a rally against war with Iraq, his red and white Arab headdress was a reminder of what sets him apart from many other activists.
“I really do feel connected to the people of that region, to the people […]
The Justice Department announced yesterday that it will require thousands of students, workers and other men from five Muslim countries who are temporarily residing in the United States to be fingerprinted and photographed, the latest step in its program to register visitors from countries linked to terrorism.
Authorities launched the registration program less than two months […]
NEW YORK — Vivek Wadhwa had never thought about race in the 20 years he lived in the United States — until the post-Sept. 11 backlash against people who looked as if they might be from the same part of the world as the hijackers.
Worried about his wife and children, the Indian-born technology executive began […]
One less radical black voice in Congress. One less champion of labor. One less brave soul unafraid to jump the traces of political orthodoxy. Cynthia McKinney, five-term US rep from Georgia’s Fourth District, was beaten in Tuesday’s Democratic primary by Denise Majette, also black, a former judge, put in with the help of lots of […]
The first sign of trouble came at the San Francisco International Airport on the morning of Oct. 23, when Arshad Chowdhury was returning to school in Pittsburgh from a trip to the West Coast.
The 26-year-old business administration student at Carnegie Mellon University was waiting to catch Northwest Airlines Flight 342 to Pittsburgh when an announcement […]
DEARBORN, Mich.-To the outside world, the Arab Americans in this community are adjusting well to the heightened scrutiny they receive from law enforcement, cooperating with interviews and proudly displaying their American flags.
But inside, said Don Unis, a U.S. citizen of Lebanese descent, people are upset, anxious and increasingly angry at what they perceive as a […]
History Writes Us: An Interview with Antiracist Writer Kendall Clark
One of the points I have repeated in my work is that while oppressive social systems are often able to crush people utterly, as social systems they have to obey certain law-like social regularities. One of these is that the ideal way to justify or […]
A Conversation with Professor Horace Campbell
Q. Is it legitimate to raise the grievances of Arab and Muslim countries toward the West at this time?
A. It is legitimate to raise not only the grievances of the peoples of the societies that have a majority of its population that follow the Islamic faith, but also to ensure […]
New African Initiative?
From Chris McGreal in The Guardian
Leaders of African states formally launched an ambitious plan to rebuild their continent yesterday through a partnership in which good and accountable government and an end to conflict is rewarded with significantly increased western aid and other help.
A dozen presidents met in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to hail […]
Cornel West: Twin Towers Aid Same as Slavery Reparations
Harvard African-American studies professor Cornel West complained this week that while Americans are anxious to give “reparations” to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks onthe World Trade Center and Pentagon, they continue to resist calls to compensate for another form of terrorism — slavery.
Speaking to Harvard’s […]