A handful of politicians and community organizers being in conversation alone will not suffice as evident of how easily the Warrendale incident escalated. We must all do better in breaking out of our silos to building better relations between Arab Americans and African Americans for our collective benefit in Metro Detroit and beyond.
– Dawud Walid is currently the executive director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) and a founding member of the Imams Council of Michigan.