Aldhalimi said she tried to explain to them why she needed to keep it on, but officers ordered her "to remove her hijab or it would be removed involuntarily against her will."
This is the type of discrimination that needs to be looked at very actively and something needs to be done as soon as possible to stop this unfair treatment.
His client hopes that Advance America changes its policies."I don't wish for other women to be treated the way I was treated," she said. "We are all human. We should be treated the same."
What a beautiful thing it is to notice that Muslim women who wear the hijab and are discriminated against not only want the best for other muslim women but rather they want the best for humanity as a whole regardless of race, skin color, or religion.
For many Muslim women who wear hijab, having their head uncovered in front of men who are not immediately family members — such as parents, brothers, sons — is like being naked.
I have many family members who choose to wear the hijab and this is exactly what they state because to them a hijab becomes part of their everyday clothing just like a shirt or pants
Ali later filed a lawsuit, and now her case may come to trial this year in Detroit, illustrating growing tensions as Muslim women fight for the right to wear hijab in public places. The conflict has come up more frequently in recent years as a religious minority seeks acceptance of its faith.
This is so sad because muslim women have to focus their energy into fighting against discrimination rather than being successful.
But as an observant Muslim woman who keeps her head covered in accordance with her faith, Ali tried to explain why she unable to remove her scarf, known as hijab. She was denied entry and told that unless she left police would be called.
I call this ignorance, because she should not be refused entrance just because she wears a hijab. Her hijab is not a hat nor sunglasses, rather it is a way of her to only innocently practice her religion.
If we had a school system, a pre-K-12 school system that was truly multicultural in its focus, then a lot of these micro-aggressions would disappear.
I disagree with this statement, because today there are multicultural K-12 schools, and still micro-aggressive comments are made everyday to people of color. I know this because I went to a multicultural K-12 school in the US, and I have first hand experience in receiving those comments. Micro-aggression will not disappear from multicultural schooling.
they find it very difficult to accept the fact that they have been engaged in a discriminatory action, or may harbor racial biases that they have
i really agree with this statement. I also believe that people who make such type of comments refuse to believe that they are involved in a discriminatory action.
the ever-popular "where are you from?"
My dad has gone through this type of micro-aggression. I remember when it happened, he was in Costco just shopping around. When he went to check out, the cashier was friendly and asked my dad where he is from. To that, my dad replied, "I am from the US." The cashier was like no I mean, where are you really from, where were you born? My dad noticed this micro-aggression comment and replied "If you live here and can be from the US, why can I not live here and be from the US?" After that reply is when the cashier stopped talking to my dad entirely.
- I often get, oh, it's because you're Asian.
I have experienced this type of micro-aggression first hand. Math is one of my favorite subjects and I really do participate and work hard to solve every problem. For that reason, I do not remember having a class where someone has not said to me, "Of course you are good at this, you are Asian." I believe this is one of the most frequent use of micro-aggression towards Asian students.
For example, women are more likely to get themes of sexual objectification; LGBTQ individuals are likely to experience themes of sinfulness. And these are underlying messages that tear at the heart of the racial, cultural, gender, sexual orientation identity of the person.
i definitely do agree here that women are more likely to experience micro-aggression. I have witnessed a guy with a good hairstyle be told, "oh wow seems like you really care about your hair, are you gay" I feel like micro-aggression is all around us everyday, but most people are not knowlegable enough to know when to pick up on it.
So you've defined racial micro-aggressions as, quote, commonplace daily indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate racial slights and insults toward people of color.
I do agree with the definition of micro-aggression stated here. It is defined to the point with good word choice and very easy to understand.
So where are you from? No, where are you really from? To some people, that might sound like a harmless question. But to a person of color, it might sound like a micro-aggression - a question, a comment, even an intended compliment, sometimes, that nevertheless suggests something demeaning.
Here, in my opinion, the author has used a very powerful attention grabber right off the bat. This is one the most common type of a micro-aggression question and the author did a very good job using it right in the beginning to catch the readers attention.