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Originally Posted by jorgelito
You know it sounds logical, but the main problem is that:
What does a Muslim look like? Is there a consistent set of norms and standards that can be applied wholesale to a group of people? What identifying characteristics are reliable?
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Precisely. When people say "Muslim" in this context, they mean "Arab-looking" and the problem is that most of your average Americans haven't seen that many different skin colors in their lives. Anything that doesn't fall under white, black, hispanic or east Asian is now "Muslim" to them. A coworker of mine is Indian. He could not look more stereotypically Indian, he looks like Ben Kingsley in Ghandi for god's sake and yet people mistake him for an Arab.