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Since that Tuesday, news of hate crimes poured in from across all 50 states. While a Sikh was killed in Arizona, shot to death presumably for resembling a Muslim, many other Muslim and Arab Americans were physically and verbally harassed. Innumerable others decided to simply stay home rather than risk a world that had suddenly and immediately turned hostile...
That fateful day, Saif received his first hate mail. For Yassine, it was an epithet later that day at a soccer game where he was harranged with the slur motherfucking terrorist by the opposing goalie. This was after Yassine himself had called for a prayer at the beginning of the game to remember victims of the tragedies. I ignored it, and told the captain of the other team about it, Yassine said...
...because there is an us vs. they dichotomy that hate crimes are on the rise, Saif explained. But to him, it simply doesnt make any sense. Political beliefs and family ties are as irrelevant as fashion taste. Zayed made the comparison to other kinds of international terror. When a bomb goes of in Belfast, do they go to Southie? When the Italian Mafia murders, do they immediately go after Italian Americans here? Zayed asked...
Perhaps most significantly, students can reevaluate their attitudes about last weeks tragedy. While the United States considers war and the media bombards people with images of destroyed buildings and grieving families, its important to minimize feelings of revenge and hostility. So many people want to hate Afghanistan and get revenge, but theres none of that in New York City, Berkow says. There were taped-down sheets of paper and crayons, and people had written things like We met hate with love. The whole city is so different; people are so polite, caring, and quiet. There is very little hatred. Everyones...
...fanatics now ruling Afghanistan, is another. Now dont get me wrong. The responsibility for these acts rests entirely with those who planned and performed them: that people by the thousands are dead is the responsibility of those who conspired to kill them. But that there are people who hate the United States so much that they would even dream of destroying the World Trade Centerthat there is a minority, yes, but one large enough to get noticed, who would celebrate our destructionthat, Im afraid, is largely our own fault...