15 Jun, 2014
A Muslim reporter’s icy welcome from Texas GOP: ‘Where are you from?’
By Bud Kennedy
Even conservatives were quick to criticize a Keller school trustee’s bigotry. But while most of north Tarrant County denounced Jo Lynn Haussmann’s Muslim-bashing last week, another story unfolded in downtown Fort Worth.
UT Arlington senior Heba Said, opinion editor of The Shorthorn, wrote Wednesday about the disgusted looks and comments of “you people” and “y’all Muslims” directed her way as she covered the Republican state convention.
In one panel session, a prominent official of the Republican Party of Texas repeatedly described all Muslims as Islamists.
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