I gave a talk in Kansas City some years ago, and somebody stood up and said, “What the heck is wrong with you Muslims?” My response was if the only thing I knew about Kansas City was the first minute of the local news every night, I would say to you, “What the heck is wrong with you people in Kansas City?” If the only thing I know is the murders and rapes I hear about on the evening news, then I have a very skewed view of who you are.

QUESTION: A striking analogy that reframes anti-Muslim bias as a media-perception problem rather than a group-trait problem. Could chase how this framing lands differently across audiences. SEED: Potential essay: 'The City as Muslim' — how out-of-context worst-case sampling distorts views of any out-group, using Kansas City as a personalizing device.

Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Intro…, loc. 655