As soon as the name Osama bin Laden came up, people thoughout my school were saying "fxcking arabs". This was all people could talk about. Not even considering any other possibilities.
This kind of behaviour is what the terrorists aim for. They want us to be full of hate and anger towards each other, thus making their job easier.
A week had not even passed and already I hear stories of Middle-Eastern children being bullied at school. Victims of stone throwing swine. A tram driver who kicked Arabian passengers of because of their race.
Stories such as this hurt me to the very core. Not because I am of Arab descent. But because this evil is a hundred times worse than any act of terrorism can ever be.
But please, don't get me wrong. I don't condone the killings. 11000+ dead is no laughing matter. I have a very personal connection to this whole crisis in that my brother in law was present at the Pentagon bonbing. He was delivering a speech to Pentagon officials as the plane fell.
He was one of the lucky, however, and made it out alive.
The ignorance of stupid people will never cease to amaze me and it makes me wonder how terror like this is not an every day occurence.
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