Muslim Dissidents & Anti-Arab Racism

Yes, and how many ears must one man (sic) have / Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows / That too many people have died?…
Yes, and how many years can some people exist / Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head / Pretending he just doesn't see?
-- Bob Dylan, "Blowin' in the Wind," The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963

Just outside Cleveland, Ohio, in the liberal, quasi-integrated suburb where I grew up, overtly bigoted racism was frowned upon -- unless it was directed against Arabs or Muslims.