Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Last Class Post
Ah, it is the end of the year. We have gotten to the ultra modern post 9/11 world, and maybe the most interesting part of class. There are a lot of people in this school that have experienced extreme prejudice. I have only had one of these experiences; when I went to Israel the Tel Aviv airport is considered the safest in the world, but I tend to think it is just the biggest pain in the butt. And they are really suspicious of Americans. They pull you over, and ask all these questions and if you can speak Hebrew it is usually fine, and I can but I was really nervous because I think security makes a lot of people nervous, so I couldn't do it (which probably means I need to speak it more) so they went through all my bags and asked me a bunch of security questions and I probably looked terrified but I didn't have anything with me so they let me go. It scared me half to death, and this was just once. Some people of certain descent in the US go through this every time they fly. I am not sure how I would handle that. It is so sad and I would feel so unsafe all the time. I hope it gets better eventually, and I try to help, but there is only so much I can do.
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after reading your blog it makes me both glad and sad. first it makes me glad that muslims aren't the only ones (even though i have never had that problem), secondly it makes me sad because we can't ever really feel safe.
ReplyDeleteI like this approach that you have brought Zoe. you have tried to show that although there is a lot of discrimination that can be blamed on citizens on the U.S. there are also many discriminations that are aimed towards them as well. Every time I wake up in the morning, or I go to hear a speech in school, I hear something about how bad Americans are towards a race or religion. I completely understand this, I completely sympathize with the fact that so many people are discriminated in our nation for completely illegitimate reasons. I am just tired of people reminding me of how bad I am, or how bad our nation is and I really do understand the problems, but I am extremely annoyed with the constant blaming. I am glad that Zoe has raised the fact that we are not the only bad guys in the world and even though we are indeed much worse than other countries, I think it is important not to put yourself down all of the time just because you belong to a nationality that does bad things.
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