Racial Misprofiling

When "Arab" stock photos go terribly wrong. By @LibyaLiberty
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  • And now, for a musical interlude.

    • 10 years ago
    • 47 notes
  • How angry little Muslim girls place Quran orders at bookstores.

    How angry little Muslim girls place Quran orders at bookstores.

    • 10 years ago
    • 68 notes
  • When Ali answered the next call with his left hand, he would regret not sticking to the ‘do everything with your right hand only’ rule.

    When Ali answered the next call with his left hand, he would regret not sticking to the ‘do everything with your right hand only’ rule. 

    • 10 years ago
    • 34 notes
  • I wish she took as much care in holding the stethoscope correctly as she did in coordinating her hijab and outfit color.

    I wish she took as much care in holding the stethoscope correctly as she did in coordinating her hijab and outfit color. 

    • 10 years ago
    • 67 notes
  • caption: “traditional Middle East fashion.”
This photo is none of these adjectives.

    caption: “traditional Middle East fashion.”

    This photo is none of these adjectives.

    • 10 years ago
    • 53 notes
  • I can’t tell if this money is raining down, or being loaned, up.

    I can’t tell if this money is raining down, or being loaned, up. 

    • 10 years ago
    • 55 notes
  • caption: “Arabic loving wife adjusts prayer cap while husband recites holy Quran.”
Why is everyone standing? And what’s a prayer cap? And who does this?

    caption: “Arabic loving wife adjusts prayer cap while husband recites holy Quran.”

    Why is everyone standing? And what’s a prayer cap? And who does this?

    • 10 years ago
    • 35 notes
  • Unless you’re addressing the photographer, you might be doing this wrong.

    Unless you’re addressing the photographer, you might be doing this wrong.

    • 10 years ago
    • 28 notes
  • Caption: “East Woman”
I don’t think any of the points on a compass want to take credit for this.

    Caption: “East Woman”

    I don’t think any of the points on a compass want to take credit for this.

    • 10 years ago
    • 47 notes
  • To escape the overt act of aggressive rose-giving, she fell into a defensive modesty faint, just like her parents taught her to do years ago.

    To escape the overt act of aggressive rose-giving, she fell into a defensive modesty faint, just like her parents taught her to do years ago.

    • 10 years ago
    • 70 notes
  • The shirt is from Marks & Spencer. The turban is from the year 1185 A.D.

    The shirt is from Marks & Spencer. The turban is from the year 1185 A.D.

    • 10 years ago
    • 43 notes
  • I don’t know what’s worse: the digital blackface, or the digital blackface.

    I don’t know what’s worse: the digital blackface, or the digital blackface. 

    • 10 years ago
    • 35 notes
  • NOT ONE STEP CLOSER or you’ll realize that all I did is wrap a gauzy black shirt around my non-Arab head.

    NOT ONE STEP CLOSER or you’ll realize that all I did is wrap a gauzy black shirt around my non-Arab head.

    • 10 years ago
    • 29 notes
  • And the sheikh said “Let there be an oil refinery.” And there was an oil refinery. And the oil refinery was good.

    And the sheikh said “Let there be an oil refinery.” And there was an oil refinery. And the oil refinery was good.

    • 10 years ago
    • 145 notes
  • It’s her husband calling. He’s telling her to get a black phone.

    It’s her husband calling. He’s telling her to get a black phone.

    • 10 years ago
    • 23 notes
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