How is the character of Taslima described in Section 4: Chapter 5? How did Taslima meet Tim?

Taslima acts American-born and has begun dating Tim, a white law student she met while working at a human rights organization. When Tim explained the Special Registration law, Uncle said it was crazy because they fought to be free of Pakistan and now they are put in with them, but Taslima interjected that all brown people are the same to Americans.