NBC’s Harry Smith Laments to Muslim Comic: ‘A Lot of Americans Hate You’ (News busters)
On Monday’s NBC Rock Center, correspondent Harry Smith began a story on an
American-Muslim comedy troupe touring the American south by asserting to
comedian Dean Obeidallah that, **”A lot of Americans hate you.” **Obeidallah
was slightly taken aback and replied: “I’m not sure how many actually hate me,
but I know what you’re getting at.” [_**Audio available here**_]
Smith went on to explain the goal of the comedy tour: “Doing their best to try
to win friends and influence people. Pilgrims armed with punch lines, in hopes
of shattering a few stereotypes. They call their tour ‘The Muslims Are
Coming.’” Smith again proclaimed American bigotry: “Nearly half of all
Americans admit to feeling some prejudice towards Muslims.** In a funny way,
the comics are fighting for their civil rights.”** [_**View video after the
jump**_]
Obeidallah furthered the analogy to the civil rights movement: “If I was alive
during the civil rights struggle, would I have come down to the south with the
freedom riders? Would I have come down here and fought for other people’s
rights? I think I would have come down here during the civil rights movement.”
Smith described how the small group of …
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