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“Get out of here, Adam! You don't judge people. We're not a plural, or some big bloc, all acting and feeling and saying the same things. You judge individuals. Anyway, it goes both ways. I've got family friends who think all Anglos are drunk wife-bashers slumped in front of Springer with a stubby in their hands." "Are you serious?" "Yes. Dead serious. Should I make an excuse for them? Oh they're allowed to think that. After all they've never really had a conversation with a sober Anglo. If it sounds so ridiculous for your background, then why doesn't it for ours?”

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“Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.”

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“Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.”

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