Narratives are essential to the way we view the world around us. Narratives inform our actions; they have the capacity to bind, to divide, to obscure.
Last week, President Joe Biden tweeted about a new initiative to counter Islamophobia, stating: “We can’t stand by while hate against Muslims, and those wrongfully perceived to be Muslim, including Arabs and Sikhs, is given oxygen. That’s why we’re developing a National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Related Forms of Hate. Silence is complicity. We won’t be silent.” Vice President Kamala Harris also tweeted that, “Taking on hate is a national priority.”
