Local American Arabs say making others aware of their culture helps, but the fight against discrimination continues.
Communication is the key.
If you don't know certain things about a culture, you are not going to take a friendly stance. Now the community will have access to their ADC representatives. They're like our neighbors. Sam Husseini, ADC's director of media, said airline profiling has been a big issue in the Arab community. Since TWA 800 went down in July 1996, we have had more than 200 complaints about American Arabs who have been singled out for special security checks at airports.