Face-to-Face

Face-to-Face

I really like this website and what it shows. It takes many peoples points of views of people and they talk about events that their race has went through. It is very interesting to hear their stories and experiences.

            One of the stories was from a man named Khaled Abou El Fadl, he is a Muslim and he talked about the effect 9/11 had on him in his life. He said he can’t go on airplanes without people thinking he is going to cause an attack. He says that every time he reaches into his bag for a magazine, the person sitting next to him looks at him with the face of pure horror and fear thinking that he is going to pull out a bomb or cause an attack. Khaled says that since he has started wearing suits and ties on his flights it has made other passengers feel more at ease. I think that it is crazy that after so many years after 9/11 people still will judge someone on their skin color.

            Another one of the stories was from a lady named Sayema Hameed she is an American she was born and raised here. But she is still pointed out and bullied because of her race. She says that “she is scared for what is going to happen to her because her skin is brown.” No one should be called out and bullied because of their skin color. Or even for what the extremist of their religion may have done. We are all our own people, give everyone a chance and take a second and walk on their shoes because I promise you, I doubt you fully understand where they come from  or what they have gone through or what they have to go through on a daily basis.

            The Face-to-Face website was really neat and I liked seeing and hearing all the different stories of what people have gone through or go through. We are all people no matter what color our skin is.