{"id":1542,"date":"2008-11-11T22:56:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T22:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2008-11-12T13:32:38","modified_gmt":"2008-11-12T13:32:38","slug":"adc-on-anti-arab-remarks-of-emmanuels-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/adc-on-anti-arab-remarks-of-emmanuels-father\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC on Anti-Arab remarks of Emmanuel&#8217;s father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just received the following email from the ADC:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee urges you to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">take immediate action<\/span><\/strong> by using the contact info below to express your disappointment to President-Elect Obama and Congressman Rahm Emmanuel for the detestable anti-Arab remarks Emmanuel&#8217;s father made this past week.<\/p>\n<p>ADC wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/redir.aspx?C=82d5f798ad604744a1691a055aee00ec&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.adc.org%2fPDF%2frahm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">letter<\/a> to Congressman Emmauel and President-Elect Barack Obama asking the congressman to publicly repudiate the derogatory comments his father made. Benjamin Emmanuel was quoted by numerous<a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/redir.aspx?C=82d5f798ad604744a1691a055aee00ec&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.politico.com%2fblogs%2fbensmith%2f1108%2fEmanuel_Sr_also_not_shy.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Israeli and American publications<\/a> as saying\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Obviously he will influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn&#8217;t he be? What is he, an Arab? He&#8217;s not going to clean the floors of the White House.&#8221; <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There should be no place for such demeaning rhetoric and these comments are contrary to the very type change the President-Elect promised he would bring to America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact President-Elect Obama<\/strong> by fax at 202.228.5417 or through this <a href=\"http:\/\/change.gov\/page\/s\/contact\">online contact form<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Congressman Emmanuel<\/strong> by fax at 202.225.5603 or via E-mail at <a href=\"mailto:emma.jurado@mail.house.gov\">emma.jurado@mail.house.gov<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Here is some language<\/strong> I wrote up the a few days ago that may be useful in formulating a response:<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Arab remark made by Rahm Emanuel\u2019s father is not consistent with the spirit of change and ethnic equality that President Elect Obama promises to bring to the White House. Arab Americans have put great hope in his election. They believe that they have a part to play in building a new and more equal America.<\/p>\n<p>A public statement by Rahm Emanuel explaining that he does not approve of his father\u2019s remark would go a long way in reassuring us that the president elect and new administration value Arab Americans. We all hope to move beyond the divisiveness of the past to create a future of mutual respect. By distancing himself from his father\u2019s remark, Rahm Emanuel will demonstrate that he does not share his father\u2019s opinion of Arabs and will help the new administration act as an honest broker in the Middle East and at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just received the following email from the ADC: The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee urges you to take immediate action by using the contact info below to express your disappointment to President-Elect Obama and Congressman Rahm Emmanuel for the detestable anti-Arab remarks Emmanuel&#8217;s father made this past week. 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