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...past two months, our public conversation has changed almost beyond recognition; arguments that were unimaginable last summer are now the stuff of talk shows and chat rooms. Should we torture terrorist suspects? Embrace racial profiling? Seal the borders? Bust the budget? It may be the surest sign of a healthy democracy that in the wake of an attack that stopped a nation in its tracks, we have begun to move forward again in every direction, with less consistency but more urgency, engaged in an argument with ourselves and one another over what these times demand...
...tragedies of Sept. 11, Americans have willingly given up many conveniences, as well as freedoms, for the sake of greater collective security. We have grown accustomed to longer lines at airports; we have toyed with the idea of national identification cards, and yes, we have even quietly tolerated the racial profiling of Arab Americans and Middle Eastern nationals...
...Racial profiling strikes at the heart of what it means to be free in America. Granted, these are trying times—national security has perhaps never been so strikingly important. However, as President George W. Bush trumpets grand visions of acceptance and tolerance as the American way, it is hypocritical not to hold federal investigators to the same standards...
...treatment of Arab Americans and Middle Eastern nationals who are living in the U.S. is eerily similar to the Japanese American internment during World War II. Many argue that the singling out of Japanese Americans was, to a large extent, racially motivated (German Americans were not sent to detention camps). Today’s singling out of Arab Americans is, to some degree, a result of an already present racial bias. As we travel down this slippery slope, we may once again find ourselves sacrificing the rights of a racial minority for the supposed protection of the general public...
...that of what the show is really about. Some of it is quite clear, however. “Matching a personality with another, usually contrasting one is the most important thing. One hole fills another.” Many have complained over the years that the show has a racial or sexual “quota” for each season. The response to that is obvious, but nonetheless crucial. “We’re not going to cast six straight, white frat boys from Iowa. One of those might work in a certain situtation...