Backlash targets Arab Americans

Luke Benjamin Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Thu Sep 13 13:58:05 PDT 2001


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-- Luke

On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Stephen E Philion wrote:


> well, that's the liberal press for ya! no wonder we need FOX TV to balance
> the liberal viewpoint of editorial editors like that!
>
> Steve
>
> Stephen Philion
> Lecturer/PhD Candidate
> Department of Sociology
> 2424 Maile Way
> Social Sciences Bldg. # 247
> Honolulu, HI 96822
>
>
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
>
> > apparently, arab-americans are bringing all this on themselves:
> >
> > http://www.detnews.com/2001/editorial/0109/13/a17-293001.htm
> >
> > a snippet:
> > "That suggests Arab- and Muslim-Americans could do more to aid their own
> > cause. A nice start would have been to forcefully denounce the Palestinians
> > who danced and celebrated on the West Bank as thousands of Americans lay
> > dying in the rubble of the World Trade Center and Pentagon. No image from
> > Tuesday's horror generated more resentment."
> >
> > of course, he cites our much-disussed dancing in the streets images and
> > (elsewhere) the usual cast of characters: emerson, pipes, heritage . . .
> >
> > j
> >
> > > From: Stephen E Philion <philion at hawaii.edu>
> > > Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> > > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:17:13 -1000 (HST)
> > > To: pen-l at galaxy.csuchico.edu, lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> > > Subject: Backlash targets Arab Americans
> > >
> > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/627565_asp.htm
> > >
> > > Stephen Philion
> > > Lecturer/PhD Candidate
> > > Department of Sociology
> > > 2424 Maile Way
> > > Social Sciences Bldg. # 247
> > > Honolulu, HI 96822
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>



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