Gold Medal Looks Great On a Hijab

All post election violence is anathema to our way. Riots, fires, vandalism, petty crash and grab, all dead wrong. Bullying, intimidation same thing. Anyone, everyone who finds that temptation at hand simply must take a step back. Get some help. Talk to a friend. In an angry crowd getting angrier? Walk away. Find a gym with a large kicking bag. We all knew a large number of us were going to be unhappy with a loss. The candidates had record high negatives and well, the rest is painful memory. We have to think our way through first.

…Some attacks are being carried out in Trump’s name. A woman at San Diego State University alleges that two men robbed her after they made comments about Trump and Muslims. Another woman reported that a Trump supporter pulled a knife on her friend while they were on a bus on the University of Chicago Urbana-Champaign campus. Leena Aggad, a Muslim woman in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said a man tried to rip her hijab off.

“I am, of course, scared about the Islamophobic acts of terror and I definitely think more will occur,” Aggad told The Huffington Post. “With Trump being president, a lot of people are, I feel, more encouraged to act upon their racist ideas.”

While these attackers reportedly targeted Muslim women, other groups have experienced similar aggression. Social media was flooded with testimonies of racial targeting. The University of Kansas is now recruiting volunteers to escort students who feel unsafe to class.

This is one of the biggest worries for people who are scared of Trump’s rhetoric — that because he won the election, people feel justified in their hatred of people who aren’t like them, and will turn to violence. Many Muslims woke up in an America where they no longer felt safe to walk the streets, especially in conservative cities and neighborhoods.

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