Speaking with a panel on CBS News, Katie Couric discusses the bigotry against Muslims over the last several years and suggests that a Muslim version of the Cosby show may be the answer.

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Katie Couric: “Maybe We Need a Muslim Version of the Cosby Show”

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Published on January 1, 2011

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Speaking with a panel on CBS News, Katie Couric discusses the bigotry against Muslims over the last several years and suggests that a Muslim version of the Cosby show may be the answer:

I also think sort of the chasm between, or, the bigotry expressed against Muslims in this country has been one of the most disturbing stories to surface this year. Of course, a lot of noise was made about the Islamic Center, mosque, down near the World Trade Center, but I think there wasn’t enough sort of careful analysis and evaluation of where this bigotry toward 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, and how this seething hatred many people feel for all Muslims, which I think is so misdirected, and so wrong–and so disappointing.

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Maybe we need a Muslim version of the Cosby Show. I know that sounds crazy, but the Cosby Show did so much to change attitudes about African Americans in this country and I think sometimes people are afraid of things they don’t understand…

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