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La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 02:13 PM Dec 2015

I've lived in NYC for almost 20 years and have never really been scared of the city

However, a few years ago an article was published about Neo-Nazis in my neighborhood (eastern European hood), and I was a bit wary. Now, with Trump et al. turning up the volume of Islamaphobia, I am actually pretty scared of being in deserted parts of my Brooklyn neighborhood by myself.

I am not Muslim and I don't wear a Hijab, but if I am scared, I really don't know how women in the Hijab or those who are actually Muslim deal with this.

Whipping up this kind of frenzy is not funny. It really is not.

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I've lived in NYC for almost 20 years and have never really been scared of the city (Original Post) La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2015 OP
No, it not.... daleanime Dec 2015 #1
"I can't dress the way I want / I'm being chased by the National Front" Coventina Dec 2015 #2
just take care. I was afraid to live in America from 2000-2008. I know roguevalley Dec 2015 #3
What makes 2000 stand out? Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #4
I've also been here about 20 years - just yesterday, closeupready Dec 2015 #5

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
3. just take care. I was afraid to live in America from 2000-2008. I know
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 02:37 PM
Dec 2015

what you feel. I hope if I see someone getting taunted for their hajib or whatever that I have the nerve to get up and go stand next to them and say, "Don't worry. I will protect you against these terrorists." I have actually practiced saying that in my head.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
5. I've also been here about 20 years - just yesterday,
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 02:45 PM
Dec 2015

I was speaking with a native, a young mother - lily white in all ways - who was lamenting the prospect of exposing her daughter to the open drug abuse that is becoming common in association with the hipsterization of the area, to say nothing of nearby buildings (and public parks) that - in summer - are becoming nudist colonies.

Despite these worries, she stated that she is resisting moving to the suburbs because she didn't want her child growing up ignorant of racial and cultural diversity.

So Trump can bellow all he wants; many, including myself, will civilly resist racism and bigotry.

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