3/14/07

the girl behind the burqa

"Caitlin Dean was raised not to discriminate against others because of their race or religion. But as a white suburban teen of Italian and Irish descent, she often wondered what it would be like to be the target of such abuse."
She found out "behind the burqa."



a few of the 50 negative comments she reported on hearing during the course of 1 day in disguise-
"Hey, we rape your women!"
"I hope all of your people die"
"You're probably going to kill us all"
"Why do they let people like this in the country?"

full story here- courant.com

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