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Hate crimes against Muslims at highest in 2016. Wonder what was going on…oh, what.

Not different than people with other religious beliefs.

My son's diverse school, kids were bullied. Kids that young get their core beliefs from home. Witnessing this my son was down. Another parent and I hosted a late fall party inviting every student in their grade. 78 kids showed up and forgot their hate for 4 hours. Less tension at school followed.

Not long after, I met a man who was born in Mexico, now a US citizen, who shave off his beard because he was getting too many people looking askance at him, like he might be middle eastern. He said it was really scary.

that's weird because they don't go after white teenagers after ALL the school shooting we've had

I have a friend who is Greek who lives in NYC. He experienced racism after 9/11 because he is so dark.

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If I remember correctly, all the terrorists were identified before the end of 2001, and just how many of them were Saudi Citizens? Yet, trump is cozying up to the prince there! Gee, didn't he also get caught on ordering an American-based expatriate-Saudi journalist killed and dismembered?

Thank you! The nationwide bigotry against Muslims began on 9/11 and continues to this day. I am sick of white journalists pretending everyone was so "unified after 9/11." That is whitewashing at its worst. Yes, I'm talking to you too MS NOW = Katy Tur, Nicole Wallace, Jen Psaki, Peter Alexander

The same people who hate Muslims because of 9/11 are curiously ok with Qatar bribing Trump with a jet

The US is incredibly Islamaphobic - to the point it's deeply embedded and I suspect most won't even recognize it. But globally, is a key reason nobody stands up for Palestine. Within the US and UK, why ppl are easily arrested and long term detained for peacefully speaking up for Palestine.

feared! Americans haven’t changed that much, I guess because they don’t think they need to learn anything! They always think they’re right!

By then I understood Muslims were not at fault. It was a radical sect that was responsible. I did, however, disagree with the US Gov providing safe passage for the Bin Ladin family. I thought they should have been held hostage, even though Osama was disowned. That was naive. Navigating 9/11 is hard.

Until the Saudis acknowledge their role in this act of terrorism, American Saudis will continue to suffer suspicion. Just like slicing and dicing American journalists with the possible assistance from the Kushner tribe.

Freedom isn't free. White Privilege is.

Thank you for posting this.

It was bad enough that GWB had to come out against it six days after the attacks - all while his DOJ was rounding up men in New York just for being Muslim.

The habit of scapegoating The Other, once established, does not fade out.

9/11 was the first and only time I heard my aunt use a racial slur. The mask slipped for just a moment in her grief. I still think about that a lot. Sometimes you never know the thoughts that remain unspoken.

Soooo, sad and...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXLe...

Right after 9/11, a man my husband knew was attacked and harassed so much that he lost his business and his home because he "looked Arab" and had an accent. He was Jewish, from Isreal.

My sibs were posting typical remembrance sentiments yesterday, I responded that I salute the heroic acts of the people of 9/11, I also rue we ignore our current timeline, that our chickens will come home to roost.

I was a student at a small private HS in DC on 9/11. Principal held an emergency assembly. During the assembly, a teacher quietly gathered the Arab students to warn them about potential harassment and make sure they knew the teachers wanted them to feel safe and report any issues.

I love that! 🤭🤗

I had an argument with someone online about this recently. They had it in their head that no one copped it worse than Jews today. They didn’t like the reminder that innocent Muslims were also victimised post 9/11.

I recently realized why white folks struggle so much with what to call black/brown/asian or whatever people. No matter what you say it all means the same thing: not white. 9 times outta 10, you don't even need to describe what someone looks like, so why is it so important to us?

To be honest, im surprised we are still even counting hate crimes. But yeah, the crazies are bigots. What is the point though? Why do we keep spending brain power on conservatives bigotry? Some education changes hearts, but a lot of it is baked in.

The reality was everyone was covered in ash, so race wasn't an issue, it was surviving the worst terrorist attack on American soil. Always pray 4 those who lost their lives that day, the time that followed, the friends and family who were left to carry the scars of that fateful day. Pray 4 peace.

Very true…same.

George was looked at suspiciously at first, but he played the part well, and since he was working with a white crew he was let be by rednecks Thank goodness it was Boulder, and not a more R leaning town

Religion is the bane of all. We find lots of ways to divide and hate each other but religion might be the most obscene. And ironic.

I actually thought for a few months after 9/11 people put politics aside and were all pulling in the same direction. Bush/Cheney destroyed that unity with lies and used that window of opportunity to bury America under more layers of big government oppression

Very true

Sad to read that it remains higher than prior to 9/11.

Where was Melania on 9/11?

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I'm offended by these dopes explaining their ignorance away as being because they're white. I'm white too and it didn't make me fucking blind, the violent racism and Islamophobia and "you're either with us or with the terrorists" shit was loud and obvious.

I remember. Evil is never done by anyone other than real, alive men. You remember that.

Likewise. It's incredible anyone didn't notice the rampant nationalism and white supremacy surging through the USA. This is probably a result of the corporate controlled opposition media that most people didn't question.

ICE was a direct result of 9/11.

Gotta tell all ya, the lady at the grocery store was offended when I mentioned it lasted about 12 hours before people starting attacking people they thought were Muslim. When I noted how bloodthirsty everyone was, she stopped talking to me.

I'm american, and I'm white, and I remember losing a lot of respect for a lot of my fellow countrymen.

This is White Bubble thing. If you’re not in groups with brown people, you can pretend this shit never happens. It happens daily, and it was much worse after 9/11.

I don't remember anyone ever saying there was racial/ethnic solidarity. The afterglow of solidarity was only true for white folks who didn't have people of color in their lives to see how harshly PoC were affected. Some of them enjoyed the "illusion of unity on September 12" for a very long time.

The media loves that happy horseshit. They have to insert a silver lining into every story because people dont want to be sad when hearing the news.

Ppl, no wait - WHITE ppl - to which I belong, have NO clue how deep & wide & horribly harmful White Privilege is Most whites go thru their entire lives unaware & then (then) can be smug if (if) they become BARELY aware, bec somehow it’s OWED them! The older I get, the more ashamed of my race I am

Sad facts that many are unable to understand. Nuances that increased racism and hate, rippled into the fiber of society. To recognize this nuance is to be able to undo this fiber of racism & hate for an entire group, or religion, based solely upon the reporting around the actions of a few.

Shit the FBI was one of the worst offenders

yep, the racist + anti-Muslim propaganda started almost immediately- almost as quick as the "we are all the same team, look at how we can come together , honoring the heroes...." propaganda. They travel together, they're best friends ...

Republicans own 9/11.

To have been an American Muslim must have been overwhelmingly terrifying.President Bush had a very real opportunity to bring our nation together and prove to us all and the world how great of a nation we could be. Instead we tumbled down the road of fear and hatred. Anyone notice a republican theme?

Muslims can be "white" or barely tan, Semitic, like many Jewish people and some Greeks, etc. Syrians are as "white" as Europeans. ITALIANS used to be called SWARTHY. So, "race" must be nuanced. Arabs are not even African. I agree with you: U.S. racism is still problematic. Studied "Redemption."

I work with immigrants and refugees, so my experience was different. We were looking for volunteers to accompany Muslim women to the grocery store because they didn’t feel safe going anywhere in Nashville.

Trumpism made me realize my 60+ years have been a bubble of safety. My whiteness and financial acuity protected me from adversity and I’ve always had healthy relationships. I have had empathy for others who are not white, knowing their life was different from mine, but Trump shook loose my safety

The uncontextualized 481 stat is mathematically minor within the broader spectrum of 1.4+ million violent crimes recorded in '01. The vast majority of Muslim Americans lived—and continue to live—without experiencing violent hate crimes. Never-ending negativity obscures just how great life is here.

The dad immediately apologized, but you could tell that he thought it was hilarious. Clearly there was a reason his son thought that was an acceptable thing to say. 😡

They seem to have come out from under rocks in droves lately. It’s the saddest thing.

gee wonder what happened in 2016... oh right.

after 9/11 i was talking with another mom at my kid's school - sweetest woman in the world - about how we're all on alert now and she carried on 'yes and people in stores r not as friendly' hm, for me people in stores became friendlier. I'm white. She's brown.

I read somewhere recently that Israel had commited many millions of dollars to an effort to smear Islam and stoke your fires. And to divert your attention from what Israel itself is doing. It's a covert PR campaign to favor Israel. I think we are seeing the fruits of this now.

It felt good at first, but the hatred soon surfaced. I still make a point of welcoming immigrants (if I can do so without embarrassing them; when I hear an accent, I smile more, too)

Everyone always mentions Muslims specifically, but so many POC of all faiths were treated horribly in this country after 9/11, Indian men especially, and you couldn’t convince a racist India and the Middle East were not the same place much less that anyone with brown skin wasn’t a terrorist.

No, Allison. Both of those can be simultaneously true. Hate crimes spiked, and I remember that at the time. But the solidarity was also real for the overwhelming majority of us.

It was literally the subplot of countless movies and tv shows during that time how anyone even closely resembling a Muslim was scrutinized.

Oh, but wait! According to MAGA racism had all but ended until Obama brought it back with his divisiveness. 🙄

Damn. All that hate and all so misdirected.

The reality is that there was a petition for Mayor Mamdani not to be at the remembrance ceremony. The hate against Muslims is strong and very much alive, sadly. 💔😢

I was just saying that same exact thing last night watching the ABC special about 9/11. We might have come together as a country. BUT….. the Muslims and all people from other countries & religions were ostracized and prayed upon. They became victims of hate. My heart & soul has always hurt for them.

I lived very close to Dearborn on 911. The hatred was so pervasive. I feared for our neighbors daily.

Those who demand that public analysis anchor itself in statistical proportionality, structural context, and baseline reality are not ignoring real harm; they are simply trying to protect the capacity to govern and live rationally without being consumed by engineered anxiety.

When 9/11 happened. I knew who was responsible and that every Muslim (or person with a Muslim name or looked like one or who said anything positive about Muslims) would be victimized. Sadly I was not wrong. It's still a shadow that hangs over the Muslim community to this day.

I am guilty of that as well.

WAKE UP WHITE PEOPLE..! There are good Muslims, like the NYC Mayor and bad Muslims like Jared Kushner and trump’s royal Saudi 9/11 hijacker friends. NOT ALL MUSLIMS OR TRUMPS ARE BAD..! Right Mary Trump?

Eye opening

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I'm near Chicago, and My memory of "solidarity" was a Sikh man in Milwaukee being murdered by some creep in revenge against almost entirely Saudi Muslim terrorists.

No one has paid the price for the annihilation of Natives, of the Africans brought here for slavery, of the immigrants who built & maintained this country to others’ advantage. Only in America can we hold the promise of freedom with a nod, a wink & a noose. Strange fruit, indeed.

I don't remember any sense of unity, I remember vitriol in the new, But it pales in comparison to the hate being broadcast today.

This is why magats hate higher education, especially in public institutions. You work and study with people from all over the world and learn they are just like us! Hard to get us to demonize people of color when we know better.

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I’m white, and an immigrant. After 9/11, I was *always* pulled aside for “random” security screening when boarding a flight. Oh yeah, my papers say “born in Zambia”. Thats why it happened

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Oh, so different.

And not just Republicans. Islamophobia became very normalized among mainstream Democrats

That unity thing lasted for all of about 3 months.

Not to disagree that there arent problems but the reporting system for hate crimes has changed over the years and before many crimes that would now be considered hate crimes before were classified differently. I guess it depends where you were at the time, my NYC colleagues were fine and supported

I don't hate Muslims. I've known quite a few, and we've talked about their religion, and why it means so much to them. I hate the Misogyny that is fundamental to it, but most all religions are misogynous. I cannot stand KKKristians--they are where the violence comes from.

Hate crimes percentages are vastly understated. From experience, I believe "white privilege" encompasses 90% of all hate crimes, from 1st nation, black, Muslim, Asian, special needs, or any other minority that doesn't fit.

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Not to mention the large opposition to W invading Iraq.

and aided by serving Saudi intelligence officers but it was Afghanistan that did it

I lived in Detroit at the time along with closing the border to Canada they closed Dearborn Mi as it has the highest concentration of people from the MidEast outside of their home countries

Yes. This.

That's depressing.

People were guarding the mosque by me for months due to fear of retaliation

The spike in 2016 because of a disgusting human being and the disgusting people who support him.

....for not oppressing LGBT people and non-Christians enough specifically of course among their familiar targets.

Lets start all investigations of crime with: "detaining & interrogating likely suspects based on CRIME STATISTICS - white christian nationalists"

It was bad, I worked in public schools and it was not just the kids It includes anyone with dark skin; one of the worse was any kid from India, so many bullied

truth

I came to New York to be with my teacher Thay Thich Nhat Hanh. We fasted for 10 days and meditated as we were urged to look into our hearts and souls to not project hatred onto others but know the enemy is hatred itself

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I too felt the same way. But there is always some crazy white man who thinks he’s allowed to go after women, POC, religions he doesn’t understand, sexual identity he doesn’t understand. He’ll attack someone for being poor. Or ugly. Or because they’re not exactly like him.