: About Me

Living as a Muslim in America Actually, living as a Muslim (one who submits to God) and being African-American in America have been quite the extreme. Since 911, it seems that prejudice and discrimination have a newfound meaning. What do I mean by this? As an African-American born and reared in this country, it was not foreign for prejudice and discrimination to exist. Our expectations were higher for the struggles we would endure. During my childhood to adolescent stages, it was perpetuated by peers and others that the lighter you were the better your appearance. Of course, this condition...