I kind of wish people would stop using the term “racism” and “Racist” when referring to the Anti-Syrian prejudice. Its xenophobia and christian nationalism or maybe just religious intolerance at its finest. I understand that racism has become the most heinous crimes against society ever and i”m not here to debate that judgement at all (I will delete you if you start that discussion in either direction) but it bothers me to mislabel the problem. Muslims are not a race. Syrians are not a race either. People of Middle Eastern heritage are not a race either. They aren’t even an ethnic group per se.
I think its time to recognize that religious intolerance and xenophobia are heinous crimes against society too. That’s all I”m saying. We do not have to dilute and distort the word “racism” in order to recognize how bad this shit is getting.