Billboard plan angers Arab-Americans
A group that is trying to tighten the standards for obtaining driver’s licenses has come under fire for plans to post a billboard with a picture of an Arab clutching a grenade and a North Carolina license. “The message of the ad says that Arabs are dangerous and violent people and that therefore they should not get driver’s licenses, and I think that is bigoted. It’s racist,” said Christine Saah Nazer, spokeswoman for the Washington-based Arab American Institute. Full Story