There was an article in May 2013 about a female US Soldier who changed her name because she was harassed about her last name, but mainly because of her ethnicity. Her name was Sgt. Hosan, and the soldiers called her Sgt Hussein. The article had her defending herself as being an patriotic Christian American soldier.

The problem with this story (and her own complaint) isn’t that she should have to assert herself as an American & a Christian; it’s rather that she (or anybody else) shouldn’t be persecuted by Americans & Christians simply because of her ethnicity, religion or lack thereof, whether she’s of Arab ethnicity or actually a Muslim or not.

Religious & political intolerance will be the next front we fight in this societal war we wage to get every one to set aside their prejudices, assuming we can get away from bashing each other over race, cultural differences & sexuality.

Then we’ll have to find some other way to separate us into little groups.  I say we use intelligence as the next societal wedge & keep it that way.