Code Switch - Un-HolyLand? An Arab Muslim Reckoning With Racism

Un-HolyLand? An Arab Muslim Reckoning With Racism

07/22/20 • 41 min

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After his daughter's racist and anti-LGBTQ social media posts became public, an Arab-Muslim entrepreneur is fighting to keep his once-burgeoning business alive in the middle of a national — and personal — reckoning with anti-blackness.
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