So true. #WhenIWoreHijab I felt like I was wearing a sign on my head that said MUSLIM, that’s all I was. I was not an individual, I was reduced to a caricature.
And that was the expectation. I was a walking example/ambassador for Islam, so I had to always conduct myself as such.https://twitter.com/LilyDFleur/status/1081354820022358019 …
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Sitting on a bench on the subway platform during a stifling NYC summer day, I struck up a convo with a woman in hijab next to me. A train passed at full speed creating a breeze. I said something to the effect of how wonderful the breeze felt in my hair. She said,”Must be nice.”
Fuck that makes me so angry and sad simultaneously
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It made me very sad, as well as feeling I was being insensitive with my innocent remark.
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You weren’t, of course, it’s not like you were taunting her!
but I totally get why you’d feel that way xx
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