future_bound
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I was recently watching the film "My name is Khan" starring ShahRukh khan and found it depressing. I am not into watching bollywood films but found the muslim-theme of this one interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_Is_Khan
There was obviously a backlash against american muslims and rising Islamophobia after 9/11/2001. My question for pakistani and other muslim forum members residing in USA is that have they themselves ever experienced this kind of overt racism/islamophobia/bigotry post 9/11?
Do you see the muslim community of USA as a "persecuted minority"?
My own experience is that in Canada, once in a while i faced verbal racial slurs like "p@ki boy" from white kids at school when i was around 15 or 16 years of age but never any violence. But as an adult no one ever said anything blatantly racist infront of me. Also while travelling to America, i rarely faced any racial profiling at airports or border crossing, even though i have a muslim-sounding name.
From what i have seen i think the film "My name is Khan" exaggerates the plight of muslims in america. Pakistanis and other muslims still want to migrate to US cause they are excited about the opportunities and first world amenities that USA has to offer. If american muslims were a persecuted minority then they would be moving out of USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_Is_Khan
There was obviously a backlash against american muslims and rising Islamophobia after 9/11/2001. My question for pakistani and other muslim forum members residing in USA is that have they themselves ever experienced this kind of overt racism/islamophobia/bigotry post 9/11?
Do you see the muslim community of USA as a "persecuted minority"?
My own experience is that in Canada, once in a while i faced verbal racial slurs like "p@ki boy" from white kids at school when i was around 15 or 16 years of age but never any violence. But as an adult no one ever said anything blatantly racist infront of me. Also while travelling to America, i rarely faced any racial profiling at airports or border crossing, even though i have a muslim-sounding name.
From what i have seen i think the film "My name is Khan" exaggerates the plight of muslims in america. Pakistanis and other muslims still want to migrate to US cause they are excited about the opportunities and first world amenities that USA has to offer. If american muslims were a persecuted minority then they would be moving out of USA
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