The small, ethnically decorated room was filled with genuine laughter, echoing through the hallway. It was the first thing I heard when I entered the room. A loud group of friends sat on the dusty, brown couch in the middle of the room. The studs on their distressed jeans reflected the ceiling light that shined into my eyes. The scent of the warm, Turkish coffee they were drinking lingered across the room. Dozens of motivational posters covered the walls. There was a Moroccan-inspired gold and black trim that hung along the ceiling. I heard the mellow beat of a tabla, which is a popular musical instrument all across the Middle East and South Asia. I was introduced to Tamara, who worked at the front desk of the Middle Eastern Student Center …show more content…
She returned a few minutes later, and was ready to continue the interview. “This might be a sensitive subject. Do you know if this facility has ever suffered from hate crimes or violence?” I asked nervously. “I feel like the facility didn’t receive any, but individuals have. I don’t think people intend to attack the Middle Eastern Student Center because it’s just a resource center. It’s just there to provide resources. I’m pretty sure our director faces difficulties in bringing up issues facing Middle Eastern culture and things like that because people don’t really care, and we’re such a small minority,” Tamara said. I already knew that xenophobia and Islamophobia were relevant, but it still surprised me that many individuals had to deal with such hatred. Tamara also brought up how many students of Middle Eastern descent or those who practiced Islam came to the center for counseling and support after the brutal terrorist attack in France in late 2015. Many students reported being taunted by racist comments because they wore a hijab or a beard. Despite this unfortunate event, it did bring the community together, and closer than they were before. It allowed everyone in the community to take a moment and appreciate how lucky they were to be part of an organization that created a supportive atmosphere. “Have there ever been efforts made to close down or expand this facility?” I asked
In this article, David Bornstein talks about F.B.I report about the hate crimes against Muslims reached their highest level since 2001. In New York, hate crimes are one of the most violent crimes against Muslims since last decade. The 2016 election highlighted religious problems in United States as well as all over the world. Donald Trump’s solution to terrorism to ban Muslims from entering the country create nationwide protest. In United States, people from different ethnic backgrounds belief or faith at some point suffered or become victim of hate crime. The victims includes Jews, Christians, and Mormons, alongside Muslims. In the past, Bornstein reported on the Chicago-based interfaith youth core programme, which trains people to build relationships and respect
While that sentence filled my heart with happiness, it also gave me a deeper insight on why people hate and say the things they say. It was the “I did not know” part that resonated with me the most because I realized at that moment that it’s not his fault, it’s not that he is a hateful person, it’s just as simple as he did not know. Knowledge is the most important thing when communicating cultures, if we want to build bridges between the two cultures we need to be knowledgeable, not only in our own culture but in the other sides culture too. We need to initiate conversations instead of shouting at each other. Offer unbiased ideas, and respect the other side’s argument and counter it in the most respectful manner. Much like how a lot of women activists started to change the thinking of people through their colleges, we would need to do the same with the islamophobia situation that we have on our hands today, we need to hold student projects that are diverse and educational about both
Furthermore, the panelists talked about how there is also racism in the Muslim community. This was interesting to me because I have witnessed it myself. My family is from Turkey, which is a country that isn’t too kind to those who look different from them. My grandparents, aunts and sometimes my parents will use stereotypes against blacks, no matter what their religion is. This made me realize that racism has no religion nor does it belong to a specific country. It is not a “white people’s problem” nor is it an “American problem”, it is a human rights
“I promise to live with you and laugh with you; to stand by your side, and to sleep in your arms; to be joy to your heart, and food for your soul; to always make you, you”(Spelling 242).When you are a kid, you don't worry about what anyone thinks. Stori Telling, an autobiography of Tori Spelling, is a hilarious autobiography about her over-the-top first wedding to finding new love to her much-publicized -- and misunderstood -- “disinheritance,” and how she makes wrong decisions in her life, and will blame others for the unhappiness in her life but it seems like most of her unhappiness is self-created and self-perpetuated.
The “North Eugene Diversity Response Poster” is an informative and persuasive text created by North Eugene staff and students for the prevention of racism at North Eugene. The poster is targeted at North Eugene students and visitors. The reason why this poster was put up was that North Eugene was vandalized with racial slurs and anti-semitic messages and in response to that, the staff found it necessary to put up a poster and say that North is not a place of hate and racism but is a place that supports diversity. The poster’s purpose is to spend the message that North Eugene is a place of diversity to all its’ students and visitors as they walk through the school’s doors. though its use of colorful images and powerful messages created by fellow students and staff the poster attempts to stop the spread of hate and prove that the school is above the hateful remarks of the people who vandalized the school. However, the placement of the poster and the lack of variety cause the poster to be mostly ignored by people.
In the book All But My Life, Gerda shows us the life of being a Jew in the days of the Nazi war. Gerda is now eighteen years old, but she is still lacking the happiness she once had. In the latest chapters, Gerda is forced out of her hometown. She moves to the “ghetto” along with all of her neighbors. A few days pass and right when things seem to get back to normal, the Klein family gets split up. They all go to separate camps to perform labor for the Nazis. A few weeks later, Gerda finds no sign of her parents nor their whereabouts. She then is told of these horrific stories about how the Nazis tortured the Jews in Auschwitz. Gerda then receives a letter from Abek. Since Abek is higher class, he gave Gerda the option to work at their store
In the story “The Love of My Life,” author T. Coraghessan Boyle, writes about China and Jeremy, two outstanding students in love with each other. China and Jeremy spend every moment together that they can. When they got to college they discover that they China is pregnant. The two are terrified by the pregnancy and try their best to hide that China is pregnant from their peers and parents. When the baby is born both teens do not want it and Jermy throws it in a dumpster. Today’s kids are given everything they could want. When a problem rises they are not sure how to deal with it because they have been given everything all their life. Society is to blame because society tells kids how their life is suppose to be and when it is not what society says it is okay to act up.
In her talk about confronting anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism, Carol Fadda-Conrey began by explaining the astonishing boom in Arab-American writers, which is related to the growing biases against Arabs and Muslims, not only after 9/11, but also taking place before it too. Fadda-Conrey emphasized the fact that these biases and stereotypes against Muslims and Arabs have existed since before 9/11, but this group of people in present day has experienced heightened hostility in America due to the assumption that all “Arabs and Muslims are terrorists”. Furthermore, the stereotype has turned into the fact that specifically Muslim men are the terrorists, and the women are oppressed and in need of Americans help to save them. One way she discussed
In ¨Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,¨ Thoreau encourages his readers to ¨Simplify, simplify¨ their lives in order to live that slow and cherishable life. Simplifying your life could be a very difficult task to accomplish, but with time progress can surely be made. Changes like these are easier said than done in many cases.
Prior to the interview with Mac, I knew very little about who he was. I showed up at the interviews with a few questions prepared and found that many of my questions required further questioning to get more information out of Mac. He would start to talk about one topic then suddenly divert the conversation to another topic. Through his various stories I was able to assemble a life narrative and apply some of my own interpretation to his life. Mac grew up in Burns Lake, a small town North of Prince George with a population of about 500 people. At a young age he was adopted into a family, his father was the town post-master and his mother was stay at home. Mac describes he led a life filled with pain and horror, as he was subjected to both mental and sexual abuse from his adopted father. The sexual abuse went on until he was 13 years old
My headsets were on. When the Muslims started praying, the girl face’s expression showed how she confused, when she saw them. “That’s worried, are they doing a yoga or something,” she said. The another American guy explained to her, what they are doing. I was surprised by the guy’s knowledge about Islam because most people know that Islam is a relation but they do not know how they worship God. I would say something when she asked but the guy explained enough, that I had not anything addition to say, so, I kept quiet. Then, I realized how a diversity the community there and how people educated.
“About that, I was wondering if it pleases you if you would leave the confines of our shuttle?” Hershel asked gingerly.
One's dream and aspirations to supersede in life must be stronger and greater than limitations set forth by others. The experience that were bestowed to me during my short life has elevated me to the woman I am today. Please walk with me as I give you the opportunity to see the world from my eyes:
This explains the beginning of my life all the way to the end of my life. My life from the beginning was very fun as I grew up living with my mom’s friend and my friend. But there were a lot of fights and I was very hyper back then. I have ADHD so back then when I was little; I was very hyper and wouldn't stop moving around the place. I always was annoying back then and never seemed to get my homework done at school.
Wow. I just finished my last semester as an undergraduate student, and my last semester in school for the foreseeable future. After spending the last 17 years of my life as a ‘student’ I don’t think it has quite hit me that I am essentially done. Looking back at all of this school, one thing rings true. It is the courses which pushed me outside of my comfort zone that I remember best. From my Arabic class in Morocco, to my first ever music class, to the first time I was told to write poetry, these are the courses that don’t blend in with the backdrop of my education. These courses stand out because they required more work, and because they forced me to think outside of my normal pattern. Arabs and Muslims in the Media has been one of