Your headscarf isn’t allowed anymore

(written by lawrence krubner, however indented passages are often quotes). You can contact lawrence at: lawrence@krubner.com, or follow me on Twitter.

It is worrisome that this can happen in the USA in 2016:

“Quit overreacting, it’s just politics,” crow the Trump sympathizers (because truly, anyone who says that, even if they didn’t vote for him, is a Trump sympathizer). Tell that to the Muslim high school teacher who received a note from a student suggesting she hang herself with her headscarf.

“Your headscarf isn’t allowed anymore,” read a flag-adorned note addressed to Mairah Teli, a 24-year-old language arts teacher in Georgia. “Why don’t you tie it around your neck and hang yourself with it off of your neck instead of your head.” It was signed “America!”

Teli posted a photo of the note to Facebook, along with the following impossibly brave and restrained statement:

“I’m a high school teacher and sadly this anonymous note was put in my classroom today. As a Muslim, I wear a headscarf as a practice of my faith. I want to share this to raise awareness about the reality and climate of our community. Spreading hate isn’t going to “make America great again. #DonaldsAmerica #NotIntimidated #HereToStay#LoveTrumpsHate

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    http://jezebel.com/student-tells-muslim-schoolteacher-to-hang-herself-with-1788906340
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