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White Privilege Is Real. I Know. I Lost Mine After 9/11.

LOOKING BACK

Before Sept. 11, 2001, I had all the benefits of being thought of as white. But because I’m Arab and Muslim, that changed. Trump could never understand this.

Dean Obeidallah
Dean Obeidallah
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Dean Obeidallah

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