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My heart just dropped and the first thought that i had was, god, please don t make it muslims. i can t bear if this is done by people who call themselves muslim. just feeling like fear and, you know, in the pit of my stomach, one, for my family in new york but also what i felt were just there. with my parents living in texas, in a small town, a farming town, i was really worried about their safety in the immediate aftermath because of the post-9/11, you know, anti-immigrant backlash. whenever there is any type of attack, how many of you think to yourselves, geez, i really hope the person who was responsible for this is not muslim? show of hands. what is the logic of white supremacy that always casts someone as foreign, as other, as dangerous until proven safe or peaceful? why is it do you think that this community or that individual has to prove themselves after each ....

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