Summary
This interview is with Usama Malik, a Muslim Chaplain at Muslim Space in Austin, Texas. Usama shares the story of his upbringing in Round Rock, Texas, a community with few Muslims. He discusses the discrimination he faced growing up, and the ways he now practices undoing the internalization he experienced. Usama connects his story to the larger Muslim narrative in the United States, and how the approach of teaching Islam in America has changed in the past decade.