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Paul Barrett
Businessweek; Author
I'm a veteran journalist who has written and edited articles on a wide range of business topics, ranging from regulation and litigation to corporate racial relations to interaction between companies and consumers. I'm interested in illustrating how the realities of the business world frequently clash with the theories and principles that business people find appealing.
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Resistant to generalizations and assumptions, Paul Barrett acknowledges that “If journalism ever works, it’s because of people’s generosity in talking to journalists about their lives.”
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The spectrum of American media representation of Muslims stretches from informed reporting to mindless fear-mongering.
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A mechanic in LA who happens to be Muslim can’t answer for flag-burning protestors in the streets of Islamabad.
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Like fundamentalists in any religion, Islamic fundamentalists have a specific historical origin.
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While acknowledging tensions, Paul Barrett questions the usefulness of analytical constructs.
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Despite suddenly becoming a category, American Muslims remain an integral part of American life.
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Paul Barrett speaks to the differences in Muslim immigrants’ ability to assimilate into the USA versus Europe.
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Paul Barrett describes the interests that Washington acknowledges, and those that it does not.
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It’s a question of real estate, says Barrett.
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Like other Americans, some Muslims the American government when it goes against the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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To begin to understand Islam, start with the basics of the faith.
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Paul Barrett emphasizes that “Muslim identity” represents something as varied as any other identity group in America.
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Questioned about their identity in the aftermath of 9/11, many American Muslims answered “I am American.”
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Following 9/11, Barrett saw and filled Americans’ need for greater understanding of American Muslims.
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Despite deep shifts in the business of journalism, life on the beat is relatively unchanged.
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After earning a J.D. from Harvard Law, Barrett returned to his childhood dream.
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As the son of journalists, Paul Barrett assumed journalism was “what people did when they got older.”