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WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1304385740063805440
“My wife and I went to Virgin Islands right after 9/11 and it was fine!” Literally, this guy is paid to write his opinions.
Some of you live on a diff parallel timeline and it shows
FYI. There was MASS anti muslim hysteria, hate crimes, and violence — researchers have documented this! State sponsored surveillance. ICE was created. Airport security (profiling) began. Nations (where muslims live) attacked in what would be a decades long war
Like, the New York Times has been hard on its journalists of color for their tweets but meanwhile Paul Krugman is out here tweeting dangerous and extremely dumb lies and it’s ok
Please read muslim american journalists and writers. https://twitter.com/sultanreina/status/1304411689207713793
Meanwhile, Krugman was taking a luxury vacay in the Virgin Islands: https://twitter.com/jmbooyah/status/1304414879877533696
I wrote about this research a few years back: muslims and Arabs were among the most dehumanized groups: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-09/a-new-study-finds-evidence-of-blatant-dehumanization-toward-certain-racial-groups
And that dehumanization of muslims by dominant groups I.e whites increases with perceived threat perception — something politicians play a huge role in drumming up. SUCH AS AFTER 9/11.
Imp to note: it didn’t start with 9/11, just accelerated exponentially. Here’s an interview I did with @assuss, who has painstakingly unveiled through FOIA litigation how her hometown was surveillance even before 9/11. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-18/why-did-the-fbi-watch-this-chicago-suburb
