Worldtown Hearsay :: Islamophobia: Popular, Acceptable Form of Racism
Report after report and survey after survey repeatedly indicate that Islamophobia in America and Europe is on the rise, not on the decline. America can elect a Black president and delude itself into believing a post-racial society has suddenly replaced one erected on racist legacy. America does have a history of tolerance and acceptance, but an accepted discourse of Islamophobia relinquishes any hopes conjuring up “post-race” America.
Read more at Racism Review:
Islamophobia, and the racial profiling of almost anyone not white, seems to be the popular and acceptable form of racism these days. Following the Christmas Day attempt to blow up an airplane bound for Detroit by Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab, a Nigerian and a Muslim, a majority of Americans favor racial and ethnic profiling be used in airline security. Recent poll data from Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds:





