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Alex Odeh

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab-american anti-discrimination activist who was killed in a bombing as he opened the door of his office at 1”. Today it says “palestinian-american civil rights activist”.
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The opening as it read in 2020

Alexander Michel Odeh (April 4, 1944 – October 11, 1985) was an Arab-American (specifically, Palestinian American ) anti-discrimination activist who was assassinated in a bombing as he opened the door of his office at 1905 East 17th Street, Santa Ana, California .1 Odeh was west-coast regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC).

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab-american anti-discrimination activist who was killed in a bombing as he opened the door of his office at 1”. Today it says “palestinian-american civil rights activist”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

arab-american anti-discrimination activist who was killed in a bombing as he opened the door of his office at 1

Now

palestinian-american civil rights activist

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