Arab and Black communities are trying to reconcile after Trump’s election : Code Switch : NPR

May 14, 2025

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Trump’s win exposed political tensions between Arab-American voters — who were critical of Democratic support of Israel’s war in Gaza, and Black voters — who remain the Democrats’ most loyal supporters. That friction is especially pronounced in the majority Arab city of Dearborn, Michigan, and its majority Black neighbor, Detroit.

This week, we go to a testy iftar dinner in Dearborn, where Arab and Black folks sat down to begin having tough conversations about how to move forward.

This episode was produced by Xavier Lopez and Jess Kung. It was edited by Courtney Stein. Our engineer was Robert Rodriguez.

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