“I can’t even recount all of the insults, threats, and harassment I endured after 9/11.”
that racial profiling and discrimination are likely causes. "There are things that are said in the media about Arabs and Muslims that would never be tolerated or said about any other group," Mona says to the APA. "You receive constant messages about how your community is full of terrorists, ignorant people, oppressive people."
He also shares that for a long time, he wanted to lie about his identity “to avoid feeling guilt or inferior.” But even when she did fulfill the role as “spokesperson,” she would still get attacked over her identity. “I remember a student once chasing me down the hallway in high school, yelling, ‘Go back to your country, you raghead’ – an unoriginal, but still very angering, insult to have to hear,” she explains.
Incidents like the ones Nahla and Aamir have experienced are not uncommon. In fact, following the 9/11 attacks,from the year prior, according to an annual report released by the FBI. The number of reported assaults and hate crimes against Muslims in 2000 increased from 28 to a whopping 481 in 2001.
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