I've been pushed plenty of times from different folks to take of my headdress in which Muslims refer to as "Hijab." I refused, and guess what happens? I'm being cursed and pushed away. Why does it have to be like that? Why can't everyone be treated equally? What's their problem against me wearing it? And what's their issue against it, can't they live their life while we live our own, without anyone to interfere with it?
No, it isn't possible. And personally I don't think it's ever going to be possible. I will be questioned wherever I go. I will, but guess what? I will live with it.
Okay if there are terrorists, I'm not saying there aren't, why do they have to be the role model for the whole of Islam? In an article by Terry Ross, he explains that there may be "terrorists" in Islam, but we shouldn't have that view for the whole of the society.
He agrees that there certainly are Christian "terrorists," those who show a terrible image of Christianity out to the world, and the Christians aren't being targeted. Why is it different with us Muslims?
At points even I wonder, why we are being treated so badly, why? Do we deserve what's happening to us. Do we burn the Bible? Do we? Do we? No, we don't, why does our Qur'an have to be burned? Tell me that, and sometime soon, maybe the flames that burn within me, will come to a rest.
The tears that are hidden well behind my lids will erupt, my life isn't turning the way I want, and nobody has a say in it.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
What Doesn't Deserve To Stay
Everyone had that particular time when they were being pushed into the corner, feeling low, and lost. Nobody can say they hadn't, it's a major issue after all.
One of the main problems that affect a child's life is bullying, but then where are the people to reinforce? The parents. Sometimes they're the ones to blame, sometimes they need to be a bit more careful of what's going on at school, what's going on with their lives.
To be honest, I've been bullied a terrible number of times and it's still going on today. Right now, right this week. It goes on all the time. I don't tell Mother or Father, although I should. I know they'll be there for me, but what's going to happen if they do something that hurts the person, they'll know it's me and they will be back.
Most parents do something when the bullying gets physical when actually it's the voice that hurts, that degrades a person, pushes the person so low, making them feel useless. As I write this, I know if the person who says pretty mean things to me sees it, they'll know exactly who I'm talking about.
Sometimes bullies bully because they want to be in the top social clique which to be honest I say is a full load of shit. It's unfair for the person who doesn't want anything to do with the person that bothers them but are still being bothered. Still are.
I may not be top in the social clique, may not even be in the social cliques, but I know that it happens, it happens all the time. Kids try, try they really do. But it leads to nothingness. Nothing. Nothing.
It hurts to see that kids try, and don't make it. They settle in their corner after being called names, being yelled at, or whatever. They shouldn't be hiding. Hiding makes the bully know that what they're doing is working, and they should keep going. Do something, take a stand.
I would kill to be the person who would reach out the hand, finally hold some of the weight that they're being pushed down by. But most of the time it's impossible. Or it's too late. The victim had dreams, dreams they wanted to accomplish sometime in their life, and it's being blown away. Away from them. Along with their lives.
Someone should take a stand and from that person it will grow to become two people, then people themselves, then a crowd, and eventually everyone. Don't hold back. Don't. And never do.
One of the main problems that affect a child's life is bullying, but then where are the people to reinforce? The parents. Sometimes they're the ones to blame, sometimes they need to be a bit more careful of what's going on at school, what's going on with their lives.
To be honest, I've been bullied a terrible number of times and it's still going on today. Right now, right this week. It goes on all the time. I don't tell Mother or Father, although I should. I know they'll be there for me, but what's going to happen if they do something that hurts the person, they'll know it's me and they will be back.
Most parents do something when the bullying gets physical when actually it's the voice that hurts, that degrades a person, pushes the person so low, making them feel useless. As I write this, I know if the person who says pretty mean things to me sees it, they'll know exactly who I'm talking about.
Sometimes bullies bully because they want to be in the top social clique which to be honest I say is a full load of shit. It's unfair for the person who doesn't want anything to do with the person that bothers them but are still being bothered. Still are.
I may not be top in the social clique, may not even be in the social cliques, but I know that it happens, it happens all the time. Kids try, try they really do. But it leads to nothingness. Nothing. Nothing.
It hurts to see that kids try, and don't make it. They settle in their corner after being called names, being yelled at, or whatever. They shouldn't be hiding. Hiding makes the bully know that what they're doing is working, and they should keep going. Do something, take a stand.
I would kill to be the person who would reach out the hand, finally hold some of the weight that they're being pushed down by. But most of the time it's impossible. Or it's too late. The victim had dreams, dreams they wanted to accomplish sometime in their life, and it's being blown away. Away from them. Along with their lives.
Someone should take a stand and from that person it will grow to become two people, then people themselves, then a crowd, and eventually everyone. Don't hold back. Don't. And never do.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Social Awareness: She's SO dead to us
The book, "She's SO dead to us," is a book about bullying, family issues, and some other issues that seriously need to be thought about. The main character is Ally, her father had invested on a big project, working with a lot of other parents, gathering money. Until the project had failed, making tons of people lose a lot of money. Ally's family moves out of her town and her parents divorce. She realizes her father was all about the money, all the actions that showed love and gratitude were all fake.
Then her mother finds a job again in the same town. When Ally moves back she is pushed downwards for the actions her father had done. She is no longer elite, no longer "one of the best." It isn't fair that just because of a mistake her father had done she had plunged downwards. She was finally one of the "normals" she wasn't the one everyone liked anymore. Isn't that unfair, just because of the money she used to have she was allowed to be part of them. But after that, when she lost her money, she was no longer the cool kid. Unfair isn't it? Why should someone be allowed to be "in," if they have money, and if they don't they can no longer be "in."
Change is needed, and it is needed fast.
Then her mother finds a job again in the same town. When Ally moves back she is pushed downwards for the actions her father had done. She is no longer elite, no longer "one of the best." It isn't fair that just because of a mistake her father had done she had plunged downwards. She was finally one of the "normals" she wasn't the one everyone liked anymore. Isn't that unfair, just because of the money she used to have she was allowed to be part of them. But after that, when she lost her money, she was no longer the cool kid. Unfair isn't it? Why should someone be allowed to be "in," if they have money, and if they don't they can no longer be "in."
Change is needed, and it is needed fast.
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