I like your logic - it's the perfect response. People should send this email around
far and wide so others will respond to such overt racism the same way. If it makes
you feel any better - I will too.
Liz Greenbaum
Longfellow
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>As someone who is married to a Muslim, I am particularly concerned with
>reports of Muslim backlash around the country and concerned that we may start
>hearing reports of this locally. But even absent any overt attacks or acts of
>harassment, I'm still so discouraged with the anti-Muslim sentiment that I'm
>hearing from ordinary Minneapolis residents as I walk the streets, shop, go
>to coffee houses, etc. So today, after my third day of not responding to
>these idiots, I've formulated a response. The next time I hear someone
>defaming this group of individuals:
>
>I'm going to approach the person and ask them, following the Oklahoma City
>bombing and the arrest of Timothy McVeigh, did they take to the streets
>vowing revenge against white men? Did they call for the US Government to
>round up all Gulf War vets for detainment and questioning on the off chance
>that they had ties with McVeigh? Did they make anti-white slurs and
>assumptions that all whites surely condone the acts of McVeigh and his
>cohorts? Did they call for the immediate deportation of all white, male,
>former Marines? Did they make religious presumptions about people of the same
>faith as McVeigh and characterize them as evil?
>
>I'm pretty willing to bet that the answer to all of these questions will be a
>resounding "no." It amazes me that while everyone acknowledges that Oklahoma
>City was the act of a few terrorists and is in no way a reflection of an
>entire race, religion, or nationality, far fewer people are willing to give
>this same consideration to the Muslim community when a fringe group of
>lunatics carries out an attack such as we experienced on Tuesday.
>
>So if you hear reports of a mad redhead yelling at strangers on the streets
>of Minneapolis...well, you heard it hear first!
>
>Molly Schultz
>
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