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Are Muslims today where African-Americans were before?

7/20/2011

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So I had a very interesting moment at the post office today. I went to quickly drop off something, but ended up staying there longer than I thought. The African-American man working at the counter asked me where I'm from. For those wondering why I say hyphenated life under 'Author,' here's why...do I say America? Or do I say Afghanistan?  If I say America, the look on their face is priceless. If I say Afghanistan, I was born here. So I told him Afghanistan because I knew what he was thinking. 
His reaction was hilarious. He kept saying 'NO, For real?' And he said I was the first Afghan he's ever met. So we had a nice conversation about how things have changed since 9/11. We talked about Islam, Muslims, Afghans, etc. His next statement really made me think... "They aren't afraid of us anymore, they're afraid of you guys." 
The media so commonly links terrorism and terrorists to Muslims. We talked about the power of media and it's implications. But what is the solution?   
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