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No one who has spent the past month chastising and othering Ilhan Omar in the midst of right wing harassment are “innocent.” Pretending to be on moral high ground and talking about “As an American” suggesting that Ilhan is not contributes to the mindset that people don’t belong.
When predominantly white liberals spend more time correcting, silencing, or attacking the words and work of BIPOC without any real effort to address white supremacy they are a part of the problem. Sure if we are assigning “fault” it is less than the right but they too are wrong.
Islamaphobia has not only been ignored it has been tolerated and flirted with by Democrats in policing the expression of many as well as in the support for the ongoing “war on terror.”
As I explained when Chelsea chose to assert her Americanness in response to two accounts, one a conservative outlet Reagan Battalion, in regards to the attacks on Ilhan Omar she played into the same white supremacist thinking that was used to justify the murder of 49 in NZ. 
This is a spectrum. No some folks may not be as far on the opposite end but they flirt far too often with the right and do not care about the harm caused about legitimizing their actions. I can see why upset students watching this unfold would be upset.
It is not enough to stand against or call out white supremacy when it is Trump or something extreme happens. Recognizing and addressing the way it manifests and causes real harm in everyday interactions is necessary.
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