So you think you shouldn't have to be "looked at" by other people who make you feel uncomfortable? Then don't go out if it bothers you that much.
Pretty soon you'll start arguing that you have a "right" to not be offended by what other people say or the way that they're dressed.
Honestly...
DMS had it right: racism, pure and simple.
And if you think that Arab men don't stare, you must be hiding someplace. They're some of the most egregious starers around...
And many of us are not simply visitors and guests. We're residents. We may not have that maroon passport, but some of us have lived here for decades, raised our families here, contributed to the community in a variety of ways. So I kind of DO think we have a right to voice our opinions and try to change those things we find unfair -- especially when they concern issues like the way migrant laborers are mistreated here.
"I wish I could drink like a lady. I can take one or two at the most. Three and I'm under the table. Four and I'm under the host"
-- Dorothy Parker
So you think you shouldn't have to be "looked at" by other people who make you feel uncomfortable? Then don't go out if it bothers you that much.
Pretty soon you'll start arguing that you have a "right" to not be offended by what other people say or the way that they're dressed.
Honestly...
DMS had it right: racism, pure and simple.
And if you think that Arab men don't stare, you must be hiding someplace. They're some of the most egregious starers around...
And many of us are not simply visitors and guests. We're residents. We may not have that maroon passport, but some of us have lived here for decades, raised our families here, contributed to the community in a variety of ways. So I kind of DO think we have a right to voice our opinions and try to change those things we find unfair -- especially when they concern issues like the way migrant laborers are mistreated here.
"I wish I could drink like a lady. I can take one or two at the most. Three and I'm under the table. Four and I'm under the host"
-- Dorothy Parker