Author: Shahid Bolsen

I have had people cut off acquaintances with me because I said “al-Hamdulillah” during a conversation, which, in their mind, meant I must be deeply religious and judgmental. I have, of course, been “randomly” checked at airports because I had a big beard and wore traditional Muslim clothing. I have been told in America —…

It is entirely possible (maybe inevitable) to be biased, prejudiced and discriminatory without any self-awareness that you are so; but you literally cannot be a racial supremacist, which is an ideology, without knowing it.