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White People Don't Have a Monopoly on Hatred
King Soopers employees and customers run down Table Mesa Drive in Boulder after a shooting inside the store on March 22, 2021. (Photo by Matthew Jonas/MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images)
I know. I once held bigoted beliefs myself.
By Zaid Jilani
03.23.21 — Culture and Ideas
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Today’s guest writer, Zaid Jilani, first came on my radar in late 2011. When I first heard his name it was an attached to an epithet: antisemitic.

Zaid was then working at a think tank called the Center for American Progress and he’d used the phrase “Israel Firster” in a number of online arguments. He was echoing others who had used the term, having litt…

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Zaid Jilani
Zaid Jilani is a reporter who previously worked as a digital reporter for NewsNation. Before that, he was a staff reporter at a range of outlets, including The Intercept, AlterNet, and ThinkProgress. He is based in the Atlanta area.
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