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February 9, 2009
Pretending to be a Covered Muslima in Arab, Alabama
And surprised that people smiled at her. Bet they offered her sweet tea, too.
You know, the gullibility of people conducting what passes for experimental social 'science' never ceases to amaze me.
Of course everyone was sweet to her - it's Arab. That's where my mother was raised! They're all sweet, even some of our family who aren't so very nice.
Driving around in America and having people not be ugly to you because you're dressed funny does not mean they tolerate or fail to tolerate Muslims. I wonder how folks looked at my cousin the Orthodox priest when he was home for his father's funeral. I mean, he wears what might well pass for a dress and certainly looks warm.
Would American Muslims please remember that all this practice of covering the head in public is a very recently-ended phenomenon in the West. My not-so-very-long-ago-deceased Grandmother only stopped wearing hats and gloves when she went to Birmingham to shop about the time I was born?
Oh, well. Good luck, fake Muslima. Don't try Walmart if you're looking for someone to be rude to you!
Posted by CrankyProfessor at February 9, 2009 11:19 PM