Okay, now this is becoming absolutely ridiculous.
That t-shirt says 'We will not be silent'. Yes, it is also written in english underneath the arabic. It is the slogan of a campaign against the war in Iraq, says BBC News.
That didnt stop some passengers in Washington DC from complaining and asking that the guy wearing the t-shirt, an american of iraqi descent (i.e. a brown chap) actually TAKE OFF HIS T-SHIRT.
Because it had writing in Arabic.
The fact that people would worry because of that is beyond my belief.
I mean, seriously, what would the t-shirt be saying? "Beware - terrorist inside"?
That the people objected is sheer racism. That the company - JetBlue, for that matter, everybody, boycott the racist pigs!! - asked the guy to take his shirt off is a matter of utter disrespect. What if the t-shirt was written in Chinese or in Russian? Better yet, what if it had a Mao ZeDong head of a Soviet flag on it?
Nothing, of course.
I am so disgusted I want to vomit.
It is in moments like this that I know for sure that I know that I will never be home outside my good ol' Muslim Brown people countries.
It is in days like that that I feel that someone slapped me on the face, saying "there is an us and a you".
I always tell myself that we are a generation that should be able to rise above the lines of ethnic divide.
I am so fucking wrong. Thank you for reminding me, Land of Freedom, of Equality, and all that bullshit.
Ye7ra2 abouko.
That t-shirt says 'We will not be silent'. Yes, it is also written in english underneath the arabic. It is the slogan of a campaign against the war in Iraq, says BBC News.
That didnt stop some passengers in Washington DC from complaining and asking that the guy wearing the t-shirt, an american of iraqi descent (i.e. a brown chap) actually TAKE OFF HIS T-SHIRT.
Because it had writing in Arabic.
The fact that people would worry because of that is beyond my belief.
I mean, seriously, what would the t-shirt be saying? "Beware - terrorist inside"?
That the people objected is sheer racism. That the company - JetBlue, for that matter, everybody, boycott the racist pigs!! - asked the guy to take his shirt off is a matter of utter disrespect. What if the t-shirt was written in Chinese or in Russian? Better yet, what if it had a Mao ZeDong head of a Soviet flag on it?
Nothing, of course.
I am so disgusted I want to vomit.
It is in moments like this that I know for sure that I know that I will never be home outside my good ol' Muslim Brown people countries.
It is in days like that that I feel that someone slapped me on the face, saying "there is an us and a you".
I always tell myself that we are a generation that should be able to rise above the lines of ethnic divide.
I am so fucking wrong. Thank you for reminding me, Land of Freedom, of Equality, and all that bullshit.
Ye7ra2 abouko.
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I usually feel ashamed of being part of that "Western" society....
Believe me, it's SO difficult to make people understand... especially when they think that you should be proud of being part of that "us", and that they don't get why you keep on defending "that arabic guys".
:(
It is interesting how, quite often, the majority seems to have this feeling of 'you owe us something' - even if the person in question is, just like them, the son of an immigrant, and even if the person is a working man who might be paying more taxes to the state than the average person.
It is scary how colour and race affects people's first impression and, accordingly, judgment...
Mohamed dijo...
PS: Thank you for stopping by. Nos conocimos?
htuR dijo...
Sí, nos conocemos.
Nous n'avons pas pu nous rencontrer au Caire l'été 2005.... ça te dit quelque chose?
;)
Un besazo
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