The ones who are in power apparently don’t have any.
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This is a great trend overall. My fear is that religion will become a reified, unitary identity that will become over-determined as many traditional group markers are redefined. More Young Americans Identify as Mixed Race – NYTimes.com. The crop of students moving through college right now includes the largest group of mixed-race people ever to come of age in the United States, and they are only the vanguard: the country is in the midst of a demographic shift driven by immigration and intermarriage.
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A religious stereotype not true?! Wait, you mean all Muslim men are not waiting for their 72 virgins? Some just want raisins? Muslims give America the blues. If you trace the history of American music you know that it also eventually gives us hip-hop, in multiple ways. For those of you haven’t heard yet, some Iraqis appreciate that they can play soccer, but are also willing to fight in Fallujah. How can you face your God is a question that runs both ways. Of course, I love the fact the administration tried to spin the interview. These players’ answers are…
MLT – Extremism and New Media, the Imam’s Circle
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