Samuel L. Jackson Says "Muslims Are The New Black Men"

Samuel L Jackson has claimed that Muslims are the new blacks of America because of how they are being persecuted.

The 67 years old star said that the recent Islamist attacks in Paris and California meant that people saw it as a legitimate reason to fear Muslims. He said that he had hoped the California attacks were carried out by some crazy white dude because they had damaged the perception of Muslims. Jackson spoke out as high profile incidents of Muslims being targeted in the US and the UK made headlines this month.  Jackson said, “I can’t even tell you how much I really wanted (San Bernardino) to just be another, you know, crazy white dude, and not really some Muslims, because it’s like: ‘Oh, s***. It’s here... But now? It’s like they have a legitimate reason now to look at your Muslim neighbor, friend, whatever in another way. And they become the new young black men”

The actor, whose collective films have grossed more than $7.42billion in history, also touched on police violence in America, a subject that has gotten his frequent collaborator Quentin Tarantino in trouble recently.  A number of police groups said they would boycott Tarantino's newest film The Hateful Eight, which stars Jackson, after he attended an anti-police brutality rally in October and said he stood on the side of the murdered. Jackson said he believed a blue wall was formed within the police force after many Vietnam veterans became boys in blue after he said they were vilified upon their return to the US.  The actor said the same thing is happening now with veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with PTSD. 

“You've got people out there who are used to looking at people as "the enemy" because that's what it was - people were trying to kill them every day. Not every cop in the world is guilty of that - there are good cops and there are bad cops. There's guys who misuse their authority and there are guys who watch 'em do it who want to do something but they can't, because they've gotta be part of that blue wall. 'There's nothing we can do about it, even if they're wearing body-cams and we can see em” he said.