During an address following his first presidential visit to an American mosque, President Barack Obama said that there needed to be more Muslim characters on television in a context other than terrorism.

Obama told the audience about conversations he had earlier with young Muslims. “They were pointing out that so often they felt invisible, and part of what we have to do is to lift up the contributions of the Muslim-American community not when there’s a problem, but all the time.”

“Our television shows should have some Muslim characters that are unrelated to national security, right?” he continued to applause. “Because it’s not that hard to do.”

“There was a time when there were no black people on television. You can tell good stories while still representing the reality of our communities,” he concluded.

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