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This week’s Washington Watch was written and submitted prior to the murder of Mr. George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the subsequent protests across the country. I am deeply troubled by the murder, the video of which represents just one more painful reminder of the legacy of racism, the danger to Black Americans posed by out-of-control endemic police violence, and the failure of our institutions to address inequality and injustice. I have addressed these topics before and I will again in the near future. 

We will be sharing additional information about an upcoming call on what the Arab American community can do to support policing reforms and combat institutionalized racism.

Jim Zogby

A Hopeful Vision of Service

I’ve been deeply distressed by the growing political backlash to the restrictions that many states and local governments have put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Most troubling is the extent to which the pandemic has become a partisan football, with polls showing Democrats and Republicans as divided on this issue as they are on other hot button political matters.

Reports of armed demonstrators demanding that governors open up their states, conservative church leaders insisting that they be able to reopen their houses of worship, and rank and file Republicans refusing to wear masks at work or public events, mimicking the behavior of President Trump and Vice President Pence — all have caused me to despair. I had begun to feel as if the “better angels of our nature” had fallen silent...

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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Arab American Institute. The Arab American Institute is a non-profit, nonpartisan national leadership organization that does not endorse candidates.

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