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Obama Campaign Kicks Muslim Women off Dias for Wearing Their Native Head Scarves
Muslim Women Banned From Obama Camera Shot
Two Muslim women at Barack Obama‘s rally in Detroit on Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium — hence in the TV camera shot — by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women’s headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate. Both women Obama supporters who said they felt betrayed by their treatment at the rally.
The Obama campaign apologized to the woman and said it is counter to Obama’s commitment to bring Americans together. Obama carefully stages television shots and has arrange for more white faces to be shown behind him.