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This week, Senator Dick Durbin is holding a hearing in the Senate focusing on the civil rights of American Muslims. It’s about time. As we near the ten-year anniversary of September 11, 2001, our country needs to invest in a national process of reflecting, understanding, and healing. 

Part of this process must include an honest assessment of how certain communities have endured a significant backlash over the past decade in virtually every context. From the workplace to schoolyards to the airport and in places of worship, South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh American community members have experienced discrimination, isolation, hate crimes, harassment and surveillance.

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