When online hate comes home: Muslims in Milwaukee and the U.S.

Last week there was a shooting at San Diego’s Islamic Center. Three people were killed and the shooting is being investigated as a hate crime. A few days later in Milwaukee, there was a panel event celebrating the new book Muslims in Milwaukee, a deep study into the history, placemaking and challenges in Milwaukee’s Muslim community, which includes fighting Islamophobia.Dr. Anisah Bagasra is an associate professor of psychology at Kennesaw State University in Georgia and she studies trends of anti-Muslim rhetoric. She talks about what happened in San Diego and what we should know about the rise of Islamophobia