Jay Connor, The Root The longtime couple have finally become engaged, celebrating with family and friends. (Image via NBC Chicago). Featured Image [dropcap]A[/dropcap]side from doing nothing in response to mass shootings, one of America’s favorite pastimes is touting the virtues of tolerance, diversity, and inclusion. This is a melting pot after all, and post-racial America […]
View MoreTag: Muslim American
How The African American Day Parade Has Celebrated Blackness For 50 Years | Blavity
Manseen Logan, Blavity Image Courtesy of Blavity. Featured Image [dropcap]E[/dropcap]very third Sunday in September, a grand parade celebrating everything that is good and Black takes over the Harlem, New York City streets. It’s a pretty big deal. In fact, The African American Day Parade (AADP) has been a big deal, since its debut in 1969 […]
View More
Halima Aden becomes first model to wear a burkini in Sports Illustrated | The Guardian
Born in a Kenyan refugee camp, the Muslim Somali-American model returned to her birth country for historic photoshoot
View More
These Two Could Soon Be the First Muslim Women to Serve in Congress | The Atlantic
A Palestinian-American from Michigan and a Somali-American from Minnesota are poised to become the first Muslim women to become members of the U.S. House.
View MoreGroundbreaking Night for Women and Diversity, While a Trump Critic Falls | The New York Times
Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota state lawmaker, is poised to be one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, winning the Democratic nomination in a left-leaning district.
View More
Three California Mosques Receive Letters Praising Trump, Threatening Genocide
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for police to increase protection of mosques after at least three in California received identical handwritten letters that vow President-elect Donald Trump will “do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews.”
View More
You must be logged in to post a comment.