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There are a lot of idiots around who can’t (and won’t) tell the difference between one brown person and another or one non-Christian religion and another. These ignorant fools can’t even tell the difference between Indians and Arabs, when the difference is quite obvious. If you run into racists like this, give them a beat down.
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Name : Tali24833, Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 18, City : NYC, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Factory Worker, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, Social class : Lower class,look where youre at baby ! i lived in the south for a while all they see is the color of your skin . all they care about is youre not white . your not ‘ one of them ‘ . youre brown and thats plenty of reason for they to hate you in their eyes . just ask any black person down there .
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Name : jonny-borrows29091, City : new york, State : NY, Country : United States,I am married to an Americanized East Indian, and ever since 9/11, he has been treated terribly. He had to apply to more than 350 jobs before finally getting hired after two years. He has been pulled over by the police for doing nothing wrong. I will not even go into how awful our neighbors have treated us, other than total and all-out, non-stop slander and harassment. If I could only count the times we have been asked about the origin of his name (‘What kind of name is that? Where are you from?’) And going through an airport? No thanks, we’ll drive… The blame for 9/11 in my opinion stems from the racist attitudes of a portion of uneducated ‘white’ America that existed before 9/11 but is now more widely accepted with the current political atmosphere.
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Name : Liz22547, Gender : F, City : Phoenix, State : AZ, Country : United States,Unfortunately, too many people have too many prejudices. I think prejudice was one of the causes of 911, NOT a certain race, religion, etc.
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Name : Katie26706, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 16, City : Concord, State : NH, Country : United States, Occupation : High School Student, Social class : Middle class,Unfortunately, Americans don’t have a corner on the bigotry market. There are uninformed and unintelligent people in all cultures, including people from the United Kingdom.
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Name : Jenny, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 44, City : Red Creek, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Library Director, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper class,I can understand where Sahil is coming from, slightly. That’s just the way people are. I work in Detroit, which is +80% black. I swear, some black people in Detroit treat me as though I am the one who hung and tortured their great grandparents! Always saying ‘White man just tryin to bring us down’ and so on. I asked one of my good, black friends why black people treat white people like crap. She said ‘Why should we treat you with respect? After we saw what your people did to ours? After your great grandpa beat and raped my great grandma… why should we take the time to treat you right?’ It’s sad, but it’s just the way it is.
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Name : Susan32167, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 29, City : Northville, State : MI, Country : United States, Social class : Upper middle class,I live in a very ‘closed off’ area in the U.S. Almost everyone (except me) is Mormon, blonde, and pale. It is scary, because they truly do not understand anything about the entire issue. I often hear ‘Islam’ reffered to as a ‘place’ or ‘country’. They think a Hindu and a Muslim actually ARE the same thing. It is a sort of ‘willing ignorance’. I was once slapped by a girl when I mentioned that Jesus was born Jewish. She informed me that she had never heard such an disgusting thing in her life, and that Jesus was Mormon. A few days later she apologized, saying her mother explained that Jesus was Jewish before he founded Mormanism. Her family chose ignorance, and had never even mentioned to this 14 year old girl anything about Jesus outside of their religion. This wasn’t a young child who would have problems understanding, this was a 14 (almost 15) year old girl I went to school with. Now this is the particular dominant religion in my area, but they certainly aren’t the specific problem. The problem is the amount of people that willingly choose ignorance, or the safety of following the herd. After observing the events in reaction to 9/11,…I have come to the sad personal conclusion that many people around my area don’t *want* to know the difference between a Hindu and a Muslim. I’m scared that the issue I see here is also very common in other areas of the U.S.
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Name : aysha, Gender : F, Age : 27, City : Ammon, State : ID, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College,I am very sorry to hear that you have experienced prejudice since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It’s not fair, and it’s not right. I am a caucasian Christian female who worships in the Baptist faith. If 19 caucasian Christian females who worship in the Methodist faith were to fly airplanes into buildings and fields and killed 3,000+ people, I really think I would understand a little extra scrutiny in the following months and years. It wouldn’t be fair to me personally – just because I looked the same – but I wouldn’t blame them for trying to be safe. Not that you’re blaming anyone, Sahil – I’m just trying to play devil’s advocate here, and try to help you understand.
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Name : Audrey, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 27, City : Chattanooga, State : TN, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,can you site me a single oped piece or strategy paper or anything to support your claim that hindus are being reasoned to be involved in islamic radicalism? i would believe it if you were saying that some ignorant dumbass on the street confused you for an arab muslum, but that doesn’t seem to be what you’re suggesting.
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Name : jummy29419, City : chicago, State : IL, Country : United States,I’m Asian too…People just see that color skin and think we did some attacks or smthing. Its just stupid and ignorant thinking, and I would just ignore people or explain it to them. Even Muslims and other people from the Middle East area definitely get prejudice, just beacuse they are from there….I don’t know why people are so IGNORANT!
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Name : Sarita19576, Gender : F, Race : Asian, City : Apex, State : NC, Country : United States,
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