Another hate crime in NYC....

[mota bhai 2,675]

Thirty-year-old Abdullah Faruque, who was born in Bangladesh but grew up in the Bronx, is reported to have been assaulted by three or four Hispanic men when they spotted him outside a restaurant on Monday, just hours after the attacks.

In a case that has raised concerns over ethnically discriminatory attacks against Muslims following the terrorist incident, Faruque told police that one of the men asked if he was an Arab. Another said: “He’s a f****** Arab,” before Faruque was punched in the face and the body.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bangladeshiamerican-attacked-in-new-york-in-retaliatory-violence-over-boston-marathon-bombing-8580804.html

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Terrible and just wrong. Muslims are the new Irish.

[duraaraa 203]

Nobody can help where they are born, what their race is, or what they look like.

I feel really bad for the discrimination people face. Muslims, Sikhs, Turks, and anyone else who wears anything resembling a turban, is racially anything even remotely similar to the stereotypical Bin Laden image, or speaks a language with the "kh" and "q" sounds in it, is immediately targeted by ignorant people.

If I talk to my fiancee on the phone in Mongolian, people may think I'm a terrorist, because it has the "kh" and "gh" sounds.

The world really has a lot of changing to do. Those of us who have been overseas have probably found that there are friendly and hostile people in every country, from every culture, and representing every religion. Will it really take an alien attack for humans to come together?

Edited April 19, 2013 by duraaraa

[decocker 7,198]

Will it really take an alien attack for humans to come together?

i don't even think an alien attack would pull it off. if i had to guess what phase we're currently at as the human race, i'd pick early teen. completely self involved, outwardly oblivious, and dangerously smug.

[duraaraa 203]

i don't even think an alien attack would pull it off. if i had to guess what phase we're currently at as the human race, i'd pick early teen. completely self involved, outwardly oblivious, and dangerously smug.

Don't underestimate the ability of an outside threat to get people to band together. When it comes down to it, people like to believe in good and evil, and they like to have allies and enemies. If the threat is something outside of the human race which requires cooperation to deter it, I think religion will get thrown out the window and humans will band together.

When that happens, duraaraa Jr. will be posting on visajourney's political forum about how humans and aliens need to peacefully coexist and be friends.

[decocker 7,198]

Don't underestimate the ability of an outside threat to get people to band together. When it comes down to it, people like to believe in good and evil, and they like to have allies and enemies. If the threat is something outside of the human race which requires cooperation to deter it, I think religion will get thrown out the window and humans will band together.

meh. i'm too cynical to have that much faith. while i want to believe that people are, for the most part, good and do their best to live good lives without consciously harming others, i'm skeptical. too much history and dogma corrupts our universal appeal, never fails.

[duraaraa 203]

meh. i'm too cynical to have that much faith. while i want to believe that people are, for the most part, good and do their best to live good lives without consciously harming others, i'm skeptical. too much history and dogma corrupts our universal appeal, never fails.

I'm the type who thinks that everyone has a good side, and it can be accessible to anyone who is kind to them. For example, if I met Kim Jong Un, I'd be his friend like Rodman. If I met Ahmadinejad, I'd use the three words of Farsi I know, make him laugh at how stupid I am, and strike up a friendship. I could probably even get along with George W... maybe...

Being able to keep things friendly and avoid confrontation is something that the U.S. is not very good at, overall, but on an individual level, it's totally possible to get along with practically anyone. If aliens force everyone to get along, everyone will.

[GandD 5,966]

This is how you kill aliens!

No, you kill them this way!

That's it, i'm killing you.

[duraaraa 203]

This is how you kill aliens!

No, you kill them this way!

That's it, i'm killing you.

If the aliens were easy enough to kill that we could afford the time for such arguments, you may have a point

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

One way to avoid being mistaken for an Arab is to change your name from Abdul to Anthony when you become an American. You shave off your wild beard, drop the turban, get a cap or head instead, and if somebody still mistakes you for an Arab and asks you if you are one, you can truthfully state that you are an American and that your name is Anthony.

[BaBamSam 239]

One way to avoid being mistaken for an Arab is to change your name from Abdul to Anthony when you become an American. You shave off your wild beard, drop the turban, get a cap or head instead, and if somebody still mistakes you for an Arab and asks you if you are one, you can truthfully state that you are an American and that your name is Anthony.

And while you're in the process of abandoning all of your culture and identity, be sure to bleach your skin using some of the hundreds of products marketed to PoC so that you can be normal and white - just like a good American.

Edited April 19, 2013 by BaBamSam

[erynaught 43]

I'm the type who thinks that everyone has a good side, and it can be accessible to anyone who is kind to them. For example, if I met Kim Jong Un, I'd be his friend like Rodman. If I met Ahmadinejad, I'd use the three words of Farsi I know, make him laugh at how stupid I am, and strike up a friendship. I could probably even get along with George W... maybe...

Being able to keep things friendly and avoid confrontation is something that the U.S. is not very good at, overall, but on an individual level, it's totally possible to get along with practically anyone. If aliens force everyone to get along, everyone will.

Yeah, sure, to sensible people. There are many people in the world who aren't sensible or are guided by a different set of circumstances, who would rather shoot you dead than trying to figure out who you are and what impact you may have in their environment. And just because you get along with someone doesn't mean they get along (or even want to try) with you.

From a global business perspective, I've had many experiences whereby I can say Americans are known for being friendly and good at arriving at consensus. I've witnessed many situations where foreign clients preferred to negotiate with their American vs. European counterparts.

For the alien hypothesis, humans haven't been able to come together as one global voice since started out as humans; hardly any reason to expect that to change, especially with a much larger base of differences and opinions. I think you'd see a fairly large consensus come together against the aliens, a smaller but significant portion(s) with the same end goal of defeating the aliens but with substantial enough differences of how to achieve those goals that they'd be working separately ... and an even smaller faction who'd try their best to align themselves with the aliens figuring that was the best move for self-preservation. Survival is the strongest human instinct and it will trump alliances, friendships, family bonds, friendliness, love, hatred, etc. every single time.

I like your positive attitude though ... it's a good start.

Edited April 19, 2013 by erynaught

[zahrasalem 114]

One way to avoid being mistaken for an Arab is to change your name from Abdul to Anthony when you become an American. You shave off your wild beard, drop the turban, get a cap or head instead, and if somebody still mistakes you for an Arab and asks you if you are one, you can truthfully state that you are an American and that your name is Anthony.

Do you always try to "fit in with the crowd" so people will "like" you? Last time I checked, regular white Americans still get hurt and killed by other regular white Americans. What should those victims have done to avoid it? Your advice is juvenile and idiotic.

[zahrasalem 114]

And while you're in the process of abandoning all of your culture and identity, be sure to bleach your skin using some of the hundreds of products marketed to PoC so that you can be normal and white - just like a good American.

Well said American white on white crime is alive and well, so why should the rest of us have to abandon our identity and culture, it's stupid and pointless to do that. Be who you really are.

[GandD 5,966]

One way to avoid being mistaken for an Arab is to change your name from Abdul to Anthony when you become an American. You shave off your wild beard, drop the turban, get a cap or head instead, and if somebody still mistakes you for an Arab and asks you if you are one, you can truthfully state that you are an American and that your name is Anthony.

Cus that's what they should have to do. What a dumb thing to say