- (In a conference on the GWOT, 9/11 and "Islamic ideology", I was in the speaking panel)
- Young British man in the crowd asks me: Are you apologetic about 9/11?
- Me: No. I don't apologize for 9/11. Why should I? I had nothing to do with it. I'm only sorry about the lives lost - regardless of who they were. But I am NOT a spokesperson for Al-Qaeda. No sensible Muslim is. Do I ask British people to apologize to me for colonizing my country back then, taking the rights of the masses away, ending freedom of speech, creating problematic borders that led to bloodshed, sexually assaulting the women of my land, westernizing the entire pedagogues in the subcontinent, turning my culture and my identity into a mystical subject for orientalist authors to go capitalize on? Have I asked you to say sorry to me?
- Him: (remains silent)
June 2013
im literally the worst muslim in the world it makes me feel ashamed 2 follow good muslims when my life is pretty much haraam 24/7
Lady gaga “speaks out” against bullying
Macklemore “speaks out” against homophobia
Kanye “goes on a rant” about racism.
Kanye “goes on a rant” about George Bush.
Coded language don’t really be coded tho.
Nicki Minaj “goes on a rant” about sexism.
Oop oop oopity oop did someone drop a bunch of truth over here?
ahahaha this is so good
i hate seeing people my age who’ve got their life together already like what the fuck
Live fast die young sad girls do it well
I applaud people who get up and get dressed because I stay in my pajamas all day unless I’m going out
Popular Seattle Teacher Forced Out for Teaching Kids About Racism
The battle at Seattle’s Center School raises the question—how should schools teach students about tolerance and discrimination?
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wooowww. so how come a teacher leading an anti-racist discussion should have to warn parents beforehand that white children may find the conversation “distressing,” yet teachers talking about slavery, christopher columbus, andrew jackson, the mexican-american war, etc, in the usual apologetic or glorified manner, don’t have to warn parents beforehand that children of color may find the conversation very distressing???
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“You killed my son and now you are giving me a tree?”
—An Iraqi farmer to Peter Van Buren of the US State Department after his team tried to give away fruit tree seedlings to replant ruined orchards. (via setbabiesonfire)
- Black guy kills some people.
- News: Criminal.
- Muslim guy kills some people.
- News: Terrorist.
- Latino guy kills some people.
- News: Criminal.
- White guy kills some people.
- News: Mental illness. (lost soul, complicated psyche, quiet loner, misunderstood, frustrated with life, experienced recent, traumatic, life-altering events that set him off; not to mention all the positive descriptors that are attached to him, i.e. intelligent, PhD candidate, honor roll student, etc.)
no one has a crush on me. i am too strong to be crushed
