Racist Uproar

Racism plagues humanity, always choosing a new victim, while never ignoring past victims. Since the unfortunate attacks on September 11th, Americans have chosen Muslims, or any person with a Middle-Eastern appearance, as their target. Middle-Easterners are believed to be violent in nature because of the ignorant belief that Islam is inherently linked to violent jihad, however this is almost never the case.

This recently institutionalized racism was made incredibly apparent when Lowes pulled their ads from TLC's All-American Muslim because of pressure from the Florida Family Association. The group said that the show didn't accurately portray muslims because they were not extremists. There has been plenty of backlash from civil rights groups and celebrities which makes me feel like we have come a long way from the days in which racism was blatant in advertisement and media.

TLC stated that they aired this show to combat "preconceived notions" of who Muslims are. The network has chosen to expose the targeted group in order to shift the idea of Muslims being extremists and challenge the institutionalized racism. However, from the backlash from the right wing group, it is apparent that we have a long way to go in America.