Denial

[redbird]

When I spoke to my mother last week, I mentioned (among many other things) that when I want to see papersky, rysmiel, and zorinth, I have to visit Montreal, because they don't feel safe coming to the United States to visit me.

Mom asked why, and I explained. This involved me giving a three-sentence summary of what happened to Maher Arar. Her response was that they had nothing to worry about because "They don't look Arab."

Right. I'm sure that's a great reassurance to them.

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Re: Denial

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

yeah.

this is really tearing me up. the *poing* hates travelling, and i take to it much more easily, but i, too, don't want to go to the US anymore. and i don't look arab either. but, i don't trust the "homeland security" people at all, and being caucasian is just not the same as having civil rights, you know? i am weird in many ways. so a part of me is afraid, and the other part doesn't want to go because i am caucasian, and can't abide that my fellow human beings of swarthier skin are treated like second class people, or worse, are persecuted and abused like maher arar.