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im amazed at how some of these americans stood up for the muslims.

I posted this on Facebook too, but not on here for sure.

Wow, the people who defended the women who was Muslim really brought me to tears. It feels so good to know that there are people who stand up for justice. Although I think this woman should never have to face such hatred.

This made me cry for several reasons. I cried when people agreed with this hateful behavior. I cried when people tried to stand up to it and I cried when they stood by and did nothing. I don’t think many people realise that when you decide to do nothing in the face of bigotry and hate like this, you’re part of the problem as well. Doing nothing is not acceptable. Hateful individuals will take that as approval. “Well, they didn’t try and stop me!”

If you ever see something like this, I beg you, say something. You may not feel like you accomplish much, but it’s important for people to know that this kind of behavior is NOT acceptable.

I would have straight up left that store with a big “fuck you!”.  Americans that are so discriminatory make me sick.

I’m not even Muslim, and I dress like an “American,” but just my skin color alone makes people call me a terrorist. I can’t even begin to imagine what these women must feel and what sort of bullshit like this they go through on a daily basis. 

Near tears. It scares the fuck out of me/pisses me off/makes me so sad that it’s 2010 and people, American citizens, are afraid to leave their homes or walk around by themselves in their own fucking country because they might get harrassed for looking ‘different’. And I’m so, so glad that there were people willing to stand up and say something when it’s so easy to just ignore and walk away.