“There’s a fucking guy running that says he hates brown people.” When did Trump say that? “With presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and others like him spewing hate speech, prejudice is reaching new levels.” What was Trump’s “hate speech”? He called for a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigration, to be enforced by “extreme vetting,” to […]
Pushing the “Islamophobia” Myth on National Public Radio
On Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., WNYC, New York’s NPR affiliate, hosted “Islamophobia: A Conversation.” WNYC talk-show host Brian Lehrer moderated. The discussion took place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, described on its webpage as “the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas.” Both BAM and WNYC are taxpayer funded. The discussion […]