"As an attorney who has successfully represented Arab-Americans in civil rights cases, it's my view we've been far too tolerant.

Arab-American and Muslim leaders have done everything possible to stand up for known terrorists and hamper law enforcement efforts to keep us safe. They defend the vilification of the West by terrorist groups, even though they live here and benefit greatly from it."

This doesn't sound like racism to me. It sounds like he is making an observation based on a professional experience---and he's talking about the leadership.

There seems to be a national oversensitivity to being called "racist". So much so that we can't even bring ourselves to make observations about verifiable differences without fear of being labeled as racist.

For instance, it isn't "racist" to conclude that an African American is probably a Democrat----more than 95% of them voted that way. If you sold elephant lapel pins it wouldn't be "racist" to avoid a black neighborhood---you would be a realist.

It's a pretty typical American (false) response to say "Oh, really? I didn't notice that the fellow was (black, asian, arab, etc) even when it is the most obvious physical characteristic.

I read the writer as trying to warn us that in his professional experience there are many among the Arab leadership in America who are not our friends, so it might not be in our best interest to confuse ignorance with tolerance.