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Yep, always taking care of family and friends, king hussein will have the Commerce Department label Arab Americans as 'disadvantaged', setting them up for special consideration and freebies. link to article The Commerce Department is considering naming Arab Americans a socially and economically disadvantaged minority group that is eligible for special business assistance.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) petitioned Commerce earlier this year to ask that Arab Americans be made eligible for the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), which helps minority entrepreneurs gain access to capital, contracts and trade opportunities.
The ADC petition cited �discrimination and prejudice in American society[,] resulting in conditions under which Arab-American individuals have been unable to compete in a business world.� The group claimed discrimination against Arab Americans increased after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
�The ADC petition asserts that, in the government�s efforts to protect Americans, they essentially took away the rights of other Americans,� according to the notice of proposed rulemaking about the petition.
Commerce is asking for comment about whether there is social and economic discrimination against Arab Americans, along with examples of it occurring. The MBDA will decide whether or not to accept the petition by June 27.
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There's no shortage of A-RABs running liquor stores or convenience stores in West End Louisville. Dunno why they'd have any issues elsewhere, either.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
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