Tag Archives: racism

Is Islamophobia Racism?

Posted on October 11, 2010 by donovanschaefer

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 →

Posted in Donovan Schaefer, Politics and Religion, Religion in the News | Tagged 2010 midterm elections, affect theory, Barack Obama, Christiane Amanpour Town Hall, civil rights, Daisy Khan, English Defence League, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Geert Wilders, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslims in America, Nicholas Kristof, Pamela Geller, Park51, racism, religion and media, religion in America, religious studies, Robert Spencer, Tea Party, unconscious beliefs | 4 Comments

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

Posted on September 24, 2010 by donovanschaefer

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 →

Posted in Donovan Schaefer, Religion in the News | Tagged ADL, Big Mistake, forgiveness, Frans de Waal, grief, healing, Islamophobia, Muslims in America, Park51, racism, Shirley Sherrod, tolerance, white privilege | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: racism

Is Islamophobia Racism?

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

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

Meta