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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Daughter of two extremely unreligious Muslims here who immigrated to the US. While we are not religious, we have a very clear religious last name. As September 11th was happening, one of my dad's coworkers walked up to him in front of everyone and slapped him blaming him for the attacks. Someone else defaced and vandalized his car. My dad is the sweetest man in the world with zero hate in his heart. He's a proud American who loves this country and his worked tirelessly his entire life here in support of it. My youngest sister was 5 when 9/11 happened and I can't even begin to tell you how badly she was bullied at school after the attacks—physically, mentally, and emotionally. My parents had to pull her out of school for a bit until things settled down. And this was in the first grade, with a lot of the hate towards her being taught by parents to their kids at home.

Fast forward to this year and Trump's candidacy. I'm legitimately (and extremely) worried that what happened after 9/11 will happen to our family again any day now. These two latest attacks on Muslim Americans terrify me to my core and as an American citizen, as a human being, I should not be made to feel this way in my own home country.

Jeff, thank you for doing your part and for deleting the hate filled threads. It makes this little corner of the Internet feel a lot more safe and I for one am grateful of all you do to keep it that way.[/quote]

Yes.  I am married to an Arab Muslim, and our young children - trilingual, US-born - have unmistakably Arab last names.  For the first time in twenty years in this country, I am afraid for what future has in stock for my American, yes, American children. I worry about how this country will treat them.  And a little bit of me is glad that we thought ahead to take out citizenships for them in our respective countries of birth.  If things turn ugly, they will have options. [/quote]

OP, what are your respective countries of birth?[/quote]
Why?[/quote]

Because I doubt that you would take your children back to countries both of you left.   [/quote]
We don't really want to, we are just putting some options in place. I don't want my son bullied at school or excluded from jobs in the past because of his last name.  He is starting kinder this fall and I'm dreading the day he comes back crying that someone called him a terrorist at the playground.  Maybe children of people who post here.  I'm contemplating teaching him to respond with "asshole", just for the hell of it. [/quote]

You are not going to leave this country because your child was bullied because of his last name.  If you go back to either your country or your husband's country, you know your life will be much worse and your children will be subject to much worse.  [/quote]

That really depends, doesn't it.  The educated global class doesn't really have countries of their own any longer. The home is wherever the job is.

But I love how you respond with "this is as good as it gets for ya" instead of "sorry it's possible your child will be bullied because of his last name."  Great job belittling what kids go through. [/quote]

As I said, you would not return to one of your countries but be like others in the education global class that don't really have countries any more.  It sounds like you are determined that you child will be bullied in kindergarten because of his surname.  Be this is a subliminal wish on your part to have your child bullied so that you can join the educated global class and roam the globe. No chance of bullying there for your child, no chance at all.[/quote]

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