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A 7 year old boy was getting picked on at school, kids were calling him "terroists" "Osama" "american hater"; they'd even push him oe even kick him. The little boy started having nightmares. He hated being a Muslim for this reason.
He wanted all the Muslim traditions to stop. He wanted to change his name...even his teachers were saying the boy was making it up and that it wasn't as bad as her was saying it was. Some people were comparing this to the problem with the blacks. A mother that is pregnant now, said she is worried that her child will be bullied all his life, or that he will forever look like Osama to Americans.
He gave the example, " If you see an armed robber suspect on the evening news who happens to be five foot eleven inches, you do not expect every person who is the same height to be armed robber." Americans probably wouldn't even acknowledge them. But if it was a Muslim, we'd stop them for sure and say mean things. It isn't fair to them as they just want to live freely.
He was saying, that there are many nations with a dark side, so why is it okay to twist Muslim? He also said, "isn't there many different ethnic groups? So why can't we just live in peace? They all want to be part of this nation, the people who are shutting them out, aren't only twisting their faith, their insulting the soul of this country."
Descrimination against Muslims in the U.S. has increased since 9/11 because I think people now days think every Muslim is a terroist. They just assume, even though most Muslims had absolutely nothing to do with it. Most Muslims were in just as much of danger as the Americans were with terroism. So I don't understand why americans are so against them, they should be able to live freely too.
We can decrease prejudice and discrimination against Muslims by just letting them get on with life without them hearing name calling constantly, and getting shoved around. Their people too, and if you were them, you wouldn't want to be treated the way they get treated. The terroist attack with even just the 9/11, affected even the Muslims too. They lost love ones, and were hurt by it too. Pretty much Americans just treat them like they aren't even human.
ha yea we did the same thing :); and I definitely agree on what you said. and yes who would want to do pick on some one? I mean do unto others as you would want them to do to you:). yes they are just people just like you and me. Don't treat some one like crap if you do't even know who they really are :/good job explaining.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with what you said. Americans are mean to Muslims even though they don't know who they really are, beacause they just assume they are bad. But not all Muslims are bad, they are just people. Good Job Monica! :D
ReplyDeleteMonica, Excellent post! You did a fantastic job summarizing the article and answering the questions in the prompt.
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