Muslim Critical Race Theorist Weighs in on Student’s Arrest

Last updated on: September 18, 2015 at 12:01 pm by NbAMuslims

Muslim Critical Race Theorist Weighs in on Student’s Arrest 2015-09-18T12:01:18-04:00 NbAMuslims

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Law professor and critical race theorist Khaled Bey provides valuable insight on the incident involving the arrest of Black Muslim student Ahmed Mohamed. Bey outlines the way the society’s surging Islamophobia, racism, and bullying culture jeopardize the safety Muslim youth.

Donning his NASA T-shirt, young Ahmed Mohamed walked into his ninth grade class Monday morning, proudly holding the clock he had meticulously assembled at home. The 14-year-old Muslim American student, with a zeal for assembling, disassembling and fixing radios, computers and go-karts, hoped to draw the praise of his teacher. Instead, Dallas police were called in, Ahmed’s hands were cuffed, and the stunned high school student was removed from the premises.

Schools routinely reward innovation, creativity and hard work. However, Mohamed was Muslim, which drove his teacher and school administrators to first, view the homemade digital clock as a bomb; and second, relate his electronic handiness to terrorist activity.

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More than merely a case of individual bigotry or institutional negligence, Mohamed’s case manifests the spread of anti-Muslim bigotry, or “Islamophobia”, into the most formative and vulnerable spaces of American society – schools.

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original source: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/09/150917075602963.html

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