Response to Face to Face:

Response to Face to Face:

I found the stories from Face to Face to be very interesting. The three that stood out the most to me would be the accounts from Anjum Mir, Toru Saito, and Sayema Hameed.

Anjum Mir tells a story about the aftermath of 9-11 and how it effects her because of her religion. I understand why it would effect her, but I find it sad that it does. Just because one bad thing happens because of a group of people, doesn't mean that everybody else with one thing in common will do the same thing. It would be the same way if one group of Caucasian American's decided to blow up a library, but the majority of people wouldn't start accusing other Caucasian or becoming suspicious of them. It's a prejudice. That's all it is. No excuses.

Toru Saito's story is about the first time he was called a derogatory term, a "Jap". He was so young that he didn't understand what it meant and he asked his mother about it. She refused to tell him the definition of the term, but he knew it was bad because of the way it was used and how it was said. It's so sad to hear about how a little child who had no involvement with the war itself, was impacted greatly.

Sayema Hameed talks about a time when her cousin was stopped in an airport because of the way his name sounded and its Arabic origin. I found this astonishing because they are clearly judging other races and organized religions. The fact that they could do this to a Muslim and not do it to a Christian or someone who is Catholic. It's the same as the first story. It's simply not fair or equal.