The Council on American-Islamic Relations is the largest American Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. CAIR’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil liberties, promote justice, and empower American Muslims. CAIR California is the organization’s largest and oldest chapter, with offices in the Greater Los Angeles Area, the Sacramento Valley / Central California, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
PEOPLE WOULD MAKE JOKES ABOUT 9-11 TOWARDS ME AND
MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS TO BLAME FOR IT.
I WAS CONSTANTLY CALLED OSAMA BIN LADIN BY THE SAME GUY WHO WOULD TELL ME THAT I LOOKED BOMB WITH A BIG EMPHASIS ON THE WORD BOMB. I TOLD MY SCHOOL ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE THEY TOLD
ME THAT [I] WAS BEING DRAMATIC. [I] ASKED ONE OF MY TEACHERS SEPARATELY IF [I] COULD MOVE MY SEAT AND SHE HAD TOLD ME NO.
ONE TEACHER SAID THAT WE ARE A RELIGION OF BLOOD AND WAR AND THAT ALL WE WANT IS THE END OF ALL HUMANS.
SOMEONE ASKED ME IF I WAS GOING TO BLOW UP THE SCHOOL AND IF I WAS READING A BOOK ON BOMBS.
I WAS . . . ABUSED AND CALLED A ‘TERRORIST’, ‘SAND N-WORD’, AND ‘OSAMA BIN LADEN’S NIECE’. I WAS PERSONALLY TARGETED BY A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS AND A THEY SUPPORTED THE MUSLIM BAN BECAUSE MOST TERRORISTS ARE MUSLIM. I PURPOSELY WOULD SKIP SCHOOL ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 BUT BE QUESTIONED ABOUT IT BY PEERS ASKING IF I WAS PLOTTING SOMETHING.
SOME PERSON HAD TOLD ME THAT
‘DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO KICK
YOU OUT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND SEND YOU BACK TO WHERE
YOU CAME FROM’.
PEOPLE HAVE VERBALLY ABUSED ME FOR
BEING MUSLIM, MOCKED ME AND ISLAM
AND I HAVE HAD MY HIJAB PULLED OFF
BY A CLASSMATE FOR NO REASON.
MY SCIENCE TEACHER TOLD ME THAT ‘MY TYPE’ LIKES FLYING PLANES INTO BUILDINGS.
MY TEACHER ATTACKED ME IN FRONT OF MY CLASS SAYING THINGS LIKE ‘TERRORIST’ AND ‘YOU DON’T BELONG HERE’.
SURVEY FINDINGS
