In a 1937 Gallup poll, 47 percent of Americans said they would not support a Jewish candidate for President, regardless of a candidate’s qualifications. During the past 70 years that number has dropped to a low of 15 percent, even prompting a Vice-Presidential hopeful in 2000 (Joe Lieberman).
Virgil Goode is the perfect “bad” American of the imagination of many Muslims. His bigotry is the reason I’m always asked when I travel through the Middle East: “What’s it like for Muslims in America after 9/11?”
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In a 1937 Gallup poll, 47 percent of Americans said they would not support a Jewish candidate for President, regardless of a candidate’s qualifications. During the past 70 years that number has dropped to a low of 15 percent, even prompting a Vice-Presidential hopeful in 2000 (Joe Lieberman). 
Virgil Goode is the perfect “bad” American of the imagination of many Muslims. His bigotry is the reason I’m always asked when I travel through the Middle East: “What’s it like for Muslims in America after 9/11?”
