Yesterday, Friday, February 3, 2012, a Muslim group held protests outside of NYC police headquarters because of Ray Kelly's attack against their faith. Ray Kelly, NYC police commissioner, participated in a film that pegged all individuals that are apart of the Islam faith, as terrorists. The Muslim group has asked for Ray Kelly to step out of the position of NYC police commissioner. This kind of stereotypes greatly attacks the socialization of Muslim groups. It gives off the image that they are not allowed to believe what they have been brought up to believe. Just because most Americans have been socialized to believe certain things and have a certain personalities, does not mean that by any means, we are better than they are. This film that is being shown to many people is offensive to many Muslims and they believe it to be ideal that Ray Kelly resigns even though Ray Kelly "offer[s] [his] apologies to members of the Muslim community, in particular, who would find the film inflammatory and its airing on Department property, though unauthorized, to be inappropriate".
Read the article here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/03/us/new-york-muslims-nypd/index.html?iref=allsearch
Jordan Leach
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