Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer and Contributing Editor for Islamica magazine; an international contemporary affairs magazine headquartered in Los Angeles and with editorial offices in London, Amman and Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Read more...
 
'Shop Talk': Philly Mayor Isn't Black Enough?

Date Posted: October 1, 2010

The Barbershop Guys discuss Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's views on a divide between the American civilian and the American soldier, and criticism that Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is "not black enough" for some residents of the city. The guys also discuss NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb's return to Philadelphia as a member of the opposing Washington Redskins team. Host Michel Martin speaks with freelance writer Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, Sports Illustrated reporter Pablo Torre and Marc Lamont Hill, associate professor of education and anthropology at Columbia University.

Listen to audio at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130266660

 
 
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