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I Am Divided
Seventeen-year-old Itrat shares what it’s like to be a Muslim girl in America and explains why she chooses to wear a scarf.
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What's Under the Turban
This cartoon challenges assumptions that all men who wear turbans are affiliated with terrorist organizations.
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What is the Truth About American Muslims?
This excerpt comes from “What Is the Truth About American Muslims?” a collection of common questions and answers about the Muslim faith published by the Interfaith Alliance, an organization committed to protecting and promoting religious freedom, in 2012.
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I Am Everyone
In this poem, the speaker represents all Native Americans or individuals labeled as Other and persecuted as a result.
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Hope, Despair and Memory
"Hope, Despair and Memory" is an address given by Elie Wiesel on December 11, 1986, the date Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wiesel is an author and humanitarian and is known for writing about his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
The U.N. General Assembly adopted the original version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The intention was to safeguard the international community against atrocities such as occurred during World War II.
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Creating A New Vision Of Islam In America
In this interview from National Public Radio, host Terry Gross speaks with Imam Rauf about his dream to build a place where Muslims and people of different refligions can go to learn from each other and coexist.
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Covering
To cover is to downplay aspects of our identity that make us different from mainstream society. Kenji Yoshino argues that, although we live in an age where the law prohibits many forms of discrimination, people still face pressure to hide who they are.
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An Act to Protect Religious Freedom and Recognize Equality in Civil Marriage
With this law, passed by the General Assembly in 2009, Vermont became the fourth state to recognize same-sex marriages.
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An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America
Henry Highland Garnet was an African-American abolitionist, minister, educator and newspaper editor. Garnet delivered “An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America” at the National Negro Convention in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1843.