• People have been told, ‘Your name is Mohammed; your name is Ahmed; you must be a terror­ist.’ How do you bring people into the govern­ment when they have been subjected to a great deal of discrimination?
• Arab Ameri­can News publisher Osama Siblani • Discussing the CIA’s plan to try to hire Arab-Americans in Dearborn, Mich. The Detroit suburb, currently the heart of the U.S.’ Middle Eastern commu­nity, is being targeted by the CIA to help boost its intel­li­gence ranks and diver­sity. Many applaud the decision but question the trust Arabs can have with the organi­za­tion, especially consid­er­ing the way they’ve been treated by the govern­ment post-9/11. source

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