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Racial Misprofiling

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When "Arab" stock photos go terribly wrong. By @LibyaLiberty
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How angry little Muslim girls place Quran orders at bookstores.

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When Ali answered the next call with his left hand, he would regret not sticking to the 'do everything with your right hand only' rule. 

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I wish she took as much care in holding the stethoscope correctly as she did in coordinating her hijab and outfit color. 

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caption: "traditional Middle East fashion."

This photo is none of these adjectives.

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I can't tell if this money is raining down, or being loaned, up. 

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caption: "Arabic loving wife adjusts prayer cap while husband recites holy Quran."

Why is everyone standing? And what's a prayer cap? And who does this?

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Unless you're addressing the photographer, you might be doing this wrong.

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Caption: "East Woman"

I don't think any of the points on a compass want to take credit for this.

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To escape the overt act of aggressive rose-giving, she fell into a defensive modesty faint, just like her parents taught her to do years ago.

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The shirt is from Marks & Spencer. The turban is from the year 1185 A.D.

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I don't know what's worse: the digital blackface, or the digital blackface. 

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NOT ONE STEP CLOSER or you'll realize that all I did is wrap a gauzy black shirt around my non-Arab head.

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And the sheikh said "Let there be an oil refinery." And there was an oil refinery. And the oil refinery was good.

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It's her husband calling. He's telling her to get a black phone.

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What are you protecting your face from, that your torso can handle?

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This photo is pretty much offensive to everyone: Muslims, Arabs, dancers, people who squat, and elbows. 

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