Calling out the racial double standard falls short of the humanizing coverage refugees need

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The impulse to cover and call out the racial double standard is commendable, but it is not enough. It always stops there for Arab and African, Black and Muslim refugees. There has been no shortage of stories comparing the rush of love directed at Ukrainian refugees to the xenophobia unleashed against nonwhite immigrants by European and American media outlets. However, this coverage is not followed up by what Afghan, Syrian, and Rohingya refugees need—the humanizing tales and layered storytelling that are faithfully extended to Ukrainians. Muslim refugees are objects of media coverage, not subjects of stories devoted to marking their humanity and making them whole. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1200

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