Islam and the Blackamerican
by Sherman A Jackson
Jackson is questioning the Muslim leadership in the US and saying that the new Muslim immigrants are not getting it right. They are forgetting history
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“Sherman Jackson is one of the most important intellectuals in the United States right now. He’s an African American who converted to Islam. He is saying to Muslim immigrants in the United States: “We African American Muslims have a problem with you. You are coming with an Islamic understanding from the Arab world and you want to buy into the American dream and just show Islam is kind and nice and that we share your values.” But he is saying that there are cultural problems and socioeconomic injustice and that you can’t get a sense of what’s really happening in the United States if you don’t understand the very deep tension between blackness and whiteness. “ Read more...
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