Oh definitely , I ' m not saying that there are no deaths caused by the police here , but it is far less common than the US . <| sep |> That kid is huge for 2 months old . <| sep |> Well in purely a constitutional view it really means that the government can ' t come after you for saying any anti government stuff like protesting laws or elections . In a person to person interactions the right to free speech means fuck all . What your talking about is an argument . And in an argument It ' s up to the individuals to either prove your point or submit to the other ' s point . The right to free speech has no hand in it . <| sep |> Muslims are not even a race , so how the hell could I even be racist ? Because Muslims are not a race , people believe that any type of violence or oppression directed towards them cannot be racially motivated that this form of hatred known as Islamophobia cannot be racism . First , let me be clear . It is true that Muslims are not a race . The word Muslim itself connects to followers of Islam , a world religion not a race . Muslims are a diverse religious grouping , and , in fact , one of the most heterogeneous populations in the world . In theory , the ummah or global Muslim community is made up of many races . Moreover , not all Muslims are simply born Muslim , like people are born White or Black . Muslim identity is something that one can acquire through conversion . In this sense , Muslim identity is nurtured and not natured . Since I am focusing on the subject of identity and race , let me extend this discussion to other social groupings . If Muslims are not a race , than which group is ? Some people might immediately point to Black people , and say , that is definitely a race . Look at their skin color . But , to be exact , Black people are not a race either . Neither , for that matter , are White people . Okay , now you might wonder about Jewish people ? Certainly they are a race , right ? Science proves they like White and Blacks are not a race either . And what about Asians ? Are they a race ? Nope . Asians are not a race . The Indigenous People of America , a race ? Nope , not a race . Race as one of my favorite sociologists , the late and great Stuart Hall put it is a floating signifier , meaning that it is a fluid concept which has specific connotations during certain moments in history . Races , in short , have never been exclusively biologically determined but rather politically constructed by powerful people , usually dominant groups in societies . According to Hall , there is a new type of racism cultural racism , which is my focus here . Racism is no longer about race skin color but culture . People are Othered and discriminated against not simply because of the color of their skin or other phenotypes but because of their beliefs and practices associated with some imagined culture . Let me be clear here . There is nothing rational about Islamophobia . Treating Muslims poorly because they are Muslim is racism . It is that simple . If someone gives a Muslim women wearing the hijab a dirty look , sorry , but you are racist . Need more proof that Islamophobia is a form of cultural racism ? Consider the experience of Inderjit Singh Mukker . Mukker was assaulted in September 2015 for looking Muslim he was dragged out of his car and beaten to a pulp by a man screaming you ' re a terrorist , bin Laden ! The twist here is that Mukker is not even Muslim he is Sikh . The perpetrator of this crime looked at Mukker ' s turban and thought he ' s a Muslim . He ' s dangerous . A cultural symbol , in this case , was used as a signifier to judge an entire group of people , however wrongly . Is this racism ? Most definitely . Even Sikhs suffer from Islamophobia . Ultimately , the issue here is racism without race , as sociologist Eduardo BonillaSilva calls it . The more we assume that race is limited to skin color , the less we understand about contemporary racism faced by Muslims at home and abroad . Now is the time to teach youth that racism is much more than the whiteblack dichotomy . Racism is changing in its form , but the beast is still very much alive and well .