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Sunday, April 27, 2003Fredericksburg Muslims Feel Misunderstood This is a good article from this morning's Free Lance-Star on the current condition of area Muslims: "Ever since 9/11, and then again during the war with Iraq, people have been staring at me," said Gotham Sethi, a lobbyist living in Stafford, who was born in northern India. "At first, I thought it was because I'm so darned handsome and people were finally noticing." There might be a few people who say that this is an isolated incident. It's not. Shortly after 9/11, my brother chased out a few people who were harassing a Pakistani family. After calmly explaining to them that they had to leave, my brother's patriotism was questioned. As we are all Irish-Lebanese, he told them that he was partly Arabic and they needed to leave the store. Comments such as "dunecoon," "sand nigger," and other such colorful language were hurled before they left. During the First Persian Gulf war we got it from kids in Caroline County. The prejudice is not terribly uncommon. Of course, you always hear a new one that you can appreciate. With the Irish-Lebanese background, "lepracoon" was just one such example.
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JEFFERSONIAD POLL: Whom do you support for Virginia Attorney General?1) John Brownlee2) Ken Cuccinelli AboutShaunKenney.com is one of Virginia's oldest political blogs, focusing on the role of religion and politics in public life. Shaun Kenney, 30, lives in Fluvanna County, Virginia.ContactThe Jeffersoniad
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