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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI've lived in NYC for almost 20 years and have never really been scared of the city
However, a few years ago an article was published about Neo-Nazis in my neighborhood (eastern European hood), and I was a bit wary. Now, with Trump et al. turning up the volume of Islamaphobia, I am actually pretty scared of being in deserted parts of my Brooklyn neighborhood by myself.
I am not Muslim and I don't wear a Hijab, but if I am scared, I really don't know how women in the Hijab or those who are actually Muslim deal with this.
Whipping up this kind of frenzy is not funny. It really is not.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)what it is is quite disgusting.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)what you feel. I hope if I see someone getting taunted for their hajib or whatever that I have the nerve to get up and go stand next to them and say, "Don't worry. I will protect you against these terrorists." I have actually practiced saying that in my head.
Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)I was speaking with a native, a young mother - lily white in all ways - who was lamenting the prospect of exposing her daughter to the open drug abuse that is becoming common in association with the hipsterization of the area, to say nothing of nearby buildings (and public parks) that - in summer - are becoming nudist colonies.
Despite these worries, she stated that she is resisting moving to the suburbs because she didn't want her child growing up ignorant of racial and cultural diversity.
So Trump can bellow all he wants; many, including myself, will civilly resist racism and bigotry.