In recent news, a radio host, Juan Williams was fired from NPR for making statements regarding his fear of Muslims and being a proponent of the idea that Muslims are attacking America. Here is what he said:
"But when I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they're identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous."
It’s hard to even know what he means when he says ‘they’re identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims”. Is it a problem that people identify themselves as Muslim? What identity is being Muslim supposed to come second to?
Williams says his statement is taken out of context, as what he is truly saying is that Americans need to heed the growing Muslim bigotry. Yet he himself is contributing the bigoted media narrative against Muslims. He statements indisputably are inherently racist. To him the Muslim identity should be suppressed making it inferior to other identities. It is only after this that Fox News defiantly decided to expand his role at their news station sympathizing with his absurd anti-Islamic sentiments.
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