He may be a comedian by trade, but Aziz Ansari has something very serious to say about Donald Trump and the rising tide of prejudice. The column is headlined "Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family." "Today, with the presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and others like him spewing hate speech, prejudice is reaching new levels," Ansari writes. is investigating 1,000 potential 'homegrown violent extremists,' a majority of whom are most likely connected in some way to the Islamic State," Ansari writes, referencing this month's shooting at a gay nightclub in Florida. He reflects on Trump's influence in an op-ed written for Sunday's New York Times , zeroing in on the candidate's dangerously misplaced and increasingly xenophobic rhetoric, and the harm it has done.

Source: Huffington Post June 24, 2016 23:40 UTC