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To the Journal editor:
Some weeks ago, The Mining Journal made the decision to stop publishing political Letters to the Editor in the run-up to the midterm election. I support this decision. With that in mind, I was very disappointed to see a political "cartoon" on the Opinion page of the Journal on Nov. 3 (Election Day).
This "cartoon" featured a caricature of U.S. senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed that could only be described as, at best, a negative stereotype of an Arab person and at worst a racist attack. The "cartoon" implied
the El-Sayed was somehow associated with several listed terrorist organizations. Nothing could be further from the truth!
For the record, Abdul El-Sayed is a native-born U. S. citizen who was born and raised in Michigan. He was valedictorian of his graduating class at the University of Michigan. He earned a Doctor of Public Health degree as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and he is an American Physician and Epidemiologist.
Thankfully, the people of Michigan saw through the vial attack ads, including the one that The Mining Journal chose to publish on Nov. 3, and elected Dr. El-Sayed to the United States Senate.
Congratulations Senator-elect El-Sayed!