The New Racism in America

It is our duty as Americans to speak out about this!

I just received an email from a friend of mine that I have known for a long time. He just tried to order some software for his job at an American university. They didn't send it to him and he asked why. It turns out his name is on a list which federal law prevents dell from selling to. He is an American citizen that grew up in the United States, but he has an Arabic name (no, he is not a Muslim as if that should matter--but I can hear that question coming). He is not a "political" person, doesn't speak out against the government, or attend demonstrations or anything like that. He is a regular guy with an American family, but because he has an Arabic name, which his parents gave him, he can't order software for his job! He has done nothing wrong, nothing to warrant this, but he is being put at a disadvantage in America because of his ethnic history. This is institutionalized racism, the new racism in America, anti-Arabism. We all heard it at the McCain town meetings, but why aren't Americans speaking out about this? Despite a civil war and the civil rights movement, are we OK with racism now? Here is the text from his email from dell.
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Thank you for contacting Dell| License Technologies Group.

LTG enforces U.S federal export rules. All orders are screened according to the U.S. government guidelines for denied party screening. We are unable to resell to individuals whose name is a match on the denied party screening. Our apologies, your name is a match on this list. For more information, please visit: http://www.bis.doc.gov/dpl/Default.shtm

Kind regards,
Dell |License Technologies Group
Customer Care Team
Support.dell@licensetech.com
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He already automatically gets extra screening at airports, can't check in at kiosks or online for his flights to job related meetings and now he can't order software. What is next? Will some day he and his family be denied buying food at the grocery store because of the name on his debit card? We he be turned down for a job because the company doesn't want "trouble."

We are throwing away our freedoms along with our equal protection under the law. This is poisoning what America should be and should stand for. Has it occurred to anyone that this is exactly what Al Qaeda would have wanted? Why is our government falling right into their hands? We should speak out against this and put an end to it anyway, but if you need motivation; help fight Al Qaeda's goals and help end this racism from the federal government against citizens like ourselves.