Jamal Abraham:  

Grew up to a Muslim family in a suburb in Michigan called clinton Township. Initially went to a private Muslim school but was later transferred to the public school. We were the one of the few muslim family in the public school. It was middle school and can remember the contrast in relating to the majority Christians at Clintondale High School. For the most part, most of the white were prejudice but with a smile could fool the Christian African Americans. The Blacks in our neighborhood were nice to us but loved to eat Pork. They liked to come to our house. My Mom backed delicious bread and peach cobbler and we had horses and chickens out back. As a Muslim, I was aware of the pretentousness, deception and discrimination that was practiced. But, the test was who would get to the finish line and go on to college. Therefore, I saw myself competing with the prejudice whites and christian African Americans who mostly had not a clue that whites were not there friends. There were a few white buddies that managed to slip thru the crack. I remember Dan Gilmore and Mike Groff for example. Dan Gilmore and his family respected the values of Muslims and I remember once we went swimming with them and they bought all beef hot dogs and we had a good time. Then came ...Expand for more