Double Standard

The two Muslim women who were abused by Barack Obama's campaign issued a statement today.

At the rally for Senator Obama in Detroit on Monday, June 16, two volunteers denied us seating behind the stage the Senator would soon take. The volunteers informed us that we were not allowed to sit in that area due to the hijab, the headscarf that each of us was wearing.

While the mainstream media continues to treat this as a one time event, it's not the first time.

This incident was unfortunate and extremely disappointing. Senator Obama has called us each to personally convey his deepest apologies and acknowledge that this was inexcusable. We both immensely appreciate the Senator’s phone call and his commitment to remedy this issue. We commend him for displaying qualities befitting an effective President.

The last time the campaign was busted, it was a similar situation, with campaign organizers working to control the ethnic makeup of the people who would be in the camera shot at an event with Obama - he was saying "get me more white people, I need more white people."