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Since Ilhan Omar was elected to Congress, she\\u2019s faced consistent attacks from the GOP and Donald Trump, even as far as the president telling her and three other Congresswomen to \\u201cgo back to their country.\\u201d These attacks illustrate the greater struggle of being a black Muslim woman in this country today. Maria and Julio are joined by\\xa0Shamira Ibrahim, culture writer on race, identity, and politics, and\\xa0Margari Hill, co-founder and executive director of the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, to discuss how these intersecting identities lead to anti-blackness both within the Muslim community and in the U.S. at large.

ITT Staff Picks:

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• \\nA Neverending Quest for Sovereignty, Shamira Ibrahim\\u2019s essay on identity for The Root.
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• How\\xa0Ilhan Omar\\u2019s intersecting identities\\xa0makes her a target, via The Intercept.
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• The first-ever hijabi to land a\\xa0major modeling contract is a black refugee woman, from Paper Magazine.\\xa0\\xa0
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This\\xa0episode\\xa0was\\xa0mixed\\xa0by\\xa0Jeanne Montalvo.\\xa0

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