People say that racism doesn't really exist in our society anymore. Well I am here to call bull shit. Racism is just as prevalant now as it was ten years ago, or fifteen years ago. It's still there. It's only become more taboo, so people try to hide it. But sometimes they fail.
Like take this business with the Mosque being built near Ground Zero. There are people all up in arms about it, and I just don't understand what the big deal is. If anything, it will do good - help mend some bridges. It's not like it was the Muslims who will be using the Mosque who commandeered those planes and sent them careening into the World Trade Center Towers. It was terrorists, who yes, happened to be Muslims. But terrorism isn't unique to the Muslim faith. Have people forgotten about the Crusades? That was some of the worst terrorism ever, and it was definitely not done by Muslims. It was done to Muslims.
But that isn't the point. My point in this is that people need to get over themselves. Get past their biggotry and their racisms and their judgement. It's just a Mosque. People just want a place of worship, and really, what better way to remember the people who were killed in those attacks than to worship there? To move away from the racism?
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