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violexides · 9 months

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hi. it's 9/11. you can mourn the thousands who died in the attack & mourn the thousands who were discriminated against/killed in the wave of racist / Islamophobic / anti-Arab/anti-MENA hatred generated in the heart of the American state. but you can acknowledge that while still acknowledging that people fucking died in 9/11. like thousands of people's lives were affected forever. and not for my bitterness to slip out but if you're non-MENA, especially if you're WHITE white, you should not be the ones struggling with reconciling both. thanks heart emoji

#ides.txt #sorry for being a buzzkill its my annual opportunity to #look if I have to live in the post 9/11 world as a visibly Iraqi Arab and deal w this shit Every Year #you don't get to act inconvenienced abt it. Have some goddamn compassion #bc i assure u the Arabs in this country have a lot of compassion abt it. we're also terrified. hope this helps #9/11 #obligatory note that i love u all who tag 9/11 on things and 9/11 joke for me #i see it. and i love u #kisses u on the mouth

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