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Kurai Tsuki
27th June 2004, 16:29
The recent beheading of two Americans have added fuel to the angry backlash against Arab-Americans and Muslims that began after the 2001 terrorist attacks. (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/834641A5-3F08-49A0-90D2-885EFE28FF97.htm)


"There are individuals here who are off the wall, who think that every woman who wears a hijab or every man named Muhammad is out to blow things up"
Sohail Muhammad,
Immigration solicitor

Hate mail and vandalism against mosques have increased, see the article.

I myself have recently experienced this in a minor form, I erased racist comments that somebody wrote on a flyer for an Islamic student club at Middlesex Community College. What the vandal said could be paraphrased as, "fuck you ragheaded extremists," of course the vandal didn't seem to write in complete sentances.

life beyond life
29th June 2004, 04:26
what i tell most of my arab friends is, "welcome to america!" sadly, the racism comes with the territory. after all, how was this country founded? upon imperialism, racism, sexism, etc.

refuse_resist
29th June 2004, 11:34
That's how it works here, or should I say just about everywhere else. The system teaches people to hate other cultures and people who are different.