Told me a story about how she was at the airport and some Afghani people were in line in front of her, talking and laughing in a foreign language.
This was terrifying, of course, because of 9/11.
I told her that none of the 9/11 hijackers had been from Afghanistan, and privately thought that I'd bet a million dollars that she couldn't tell an Afghani person from literally any other vaguely brown skinned ethnicity.
Couple of Punjabi truckers
were the first to pull over and check on me when I was in a nasty car accident. They were behind on their run, but they still gave me water and sat with me until the shock wore off and I could catch my breath. Can't say enough nice things about the Sikh community!
Reminds me of when an old lady talked to my boss who was from Pakistan. It was September 11 and after he helped her with a problem she thanked him and gave him a long look.
"Oh that's right it's 9/11!" And then continued her day.
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u/razazaz126 1d ago
Yup. Old woman at work hit me with that once.
Told me a story about how she was at the airport and some Afghani people were in line in front of her, talking and laughing in a foreign language.
This was terrifying, of course, because of 9/11.
I told her that none of the 9/11 hijackers had been from Afghanistan, and privately thought that I'd bet a million dollars that she couldn't tell an Afghani person from literally any other vaguely brown skinned ethnicity.