Former Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad joins Jemele to discuss her experience in the 2016 Olympics, where she became the first Muslim American woman to win a medal and the first woman in a hijab to compete for Team USA at the Olympics. She also reveals why she won’t be competing in the 2020 games, and the difficulty of being an African-American Muslim woman in a climate that encourages hostility toward people with her faith.

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