“The primary objective of the ADC-RI Media Research Project is to research, track, and document anti-Arab and Islamophobic bias in the media, public discourse, and from public officials. This tracking project will serve as a resource tool which will highlight the prevalence of bias and bigotry. The project will expose xenophobia and hatred that target minorities in the U.S., particularly Arab and Muslim Americans.
The project will also celebrate achievements of Arabs and Muslims from around the world.”
Black American activists have expressed solidarity with Palestinian and Palestinian American activists in the months since the Israel-Hamas war began in October. In St. Louis, the relationship between Black and Palestinian American activists became most notable after Michael Brown Jr. — a Black teenager — was shot and killed in Ferguson by then-Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014.
