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Planned billboard angers Arab-Americans
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<blockquote data-quote="EMA" data-source="post: 161341" data-attributes="member: 7911"><p>Planned billboard angers Arab-Americans</p><p>The message: “Don’t license terrorists, North Carolinaâ€</p><p></p><p>ASSOCIATED PRESS</p><p>Updated: 12:27 p.m. ET Dec. 16, 2005</p><p></p><p>RALEIGH, N.C. - The billboard image is striking: a photo of a man shrouded in a traditional Arab head scarf clutching a grenade and a North Carolina driver’s license.</p><p></p><p>The message: “Don’t license terrorists, North Carolina.â€</p><p></p><p>A New York-based group that plans to place the ad near North Carolina’s Capitol this month says it is meant as a critique of the state’s driver’s license laws but Arab-American groups complain it is inflaming an anti-Arab sentiment.</p><p></p><p>“The message of the ad says that Arabs are dangerous and violent people and that therefore they should not get driver’s licenses and I think it’s bigoted. It’s racist,†said Christine Saah Nazer of the Washington D.C.-based Arab American Institute.</p><p></p><p>Amanda Bowman, president of the Coalition for a Secure Driver’s License, which is launching the billboard campaign in North Carolina, Wisconsin and New Mexico, said the ad targets only terrorists.</p><p></p><p>“We’re not going after Arab-Americans,†Bowman said. “We’re going after terrorists.â€</p><p></p><p></p><p>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10493534</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>what do you all think about that? Honestly i think that its kind of racist myself. ghey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EMA, post: 161341, member: 7911"] Planned billboard angers Arab-Americans The message: “Don’t license terrorists, North Carolina†ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated: 12:27 p.m. ET Dec. 16, 2005 RALEIGH, N.C. - The billboard image is striking: a photo of a man shrouded in a traditional Arab head scarf clutching a grenade and a North Carolina driver’s license. The message: “Don’t license terrorists, North Carolina.†A New York-based group that plans to place the ad near North Carolina’s Capitol this month says it is meant as a critique of the state’s driver’s license laws but Arab-American groups complain it is inflaming an anti-Arab sentiment. “The message of the ad says that Arabs are dangerous and violent people and that therefore they should not get driver’s licenses and I think it’s bigoted. It’s racist,†said Christine Saah Nazer of the Washington D.C.-based Arab American Institute. Amanda Bowman, president of the Coalition for a Secure Driver’s License, which is launching the billboard campaign in North Carolina, Wisconsin and New Mexico, said the ad targets only terrorists. “We’re not going after Arab-Americans,†Bowman said. “We’re going after terrorists.†http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10493534 what do you all think about that? Honestly i think that its kind of racist myself. ghey [/QUOTE]
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