StoryCorps Shorts: The Golden Rule
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“It was this common ‘that’s not okay,’ moment.”
Two people on opposite ends of the political spectrum reflect on the moment that brought them together nearly two years ago: a protest just days after the 2016 presidential election in Austin, Texas. Presented as part of StoryCorps’ One Small Step initiative.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
StoryCorps Shorts: The Golden Rule
Special | 2m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Two people on opposite ends of the political spectrum reflect on the moment that brought them together nearly two years ago: a protest just days after the 2016 presidential election in Austin, Texas. Presented as part of StoryCorps’ One Small Step initiative.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAmina Amdeen ( AA): I noticed you with the hat.
And I noticed that you were surrounded by some people.
And I noticed they were being kind of threatening.
AA: And then somebody snatched your hat off your head.
And that's the point where I... something kind of snapped inside of me.
Because I wear a Muslim hijab, and I've been in situations where people have tried to snatch it off my head.
Joseph Weidknecht ( JW): Wow.
AA: And I rushed towards you and I just started screaming, "Leave him alone!
Give me that back!"
JW: I don't think we could be any further apart as people, and yet it was just kinda like this common "that's not okay" moment.
You are genuinely the only Muslim person I know.
I just...It's not that I've actively avoided, it's just, I've just never been in the position where I can interact for an extended period of time.
So, I guess my views on the Muslim community have been influenced by a lot of the news articles and things of that nature.
AA: I feel like a lot of times in the media you don't see the normal Muslim, the one that listens to classic rock, like I do.
You don't meet that Muslim.
JW: Can you tell me about where you grew up?
What was that part of your life like?
AA: So, I was born in Baghdad, in Iraq.
I moved to the US when I was 10 years old.
JW: Okay.
AA: Being a Muslim girl, I stood out in almost every single way that you can.
In middle school, the worst time to stand out.
What about you, how was it like when you grew up?
JW: I was homeschooled.
So it was a vastly different experience socially.
It was, I didn't have, I guess, as many friends as most people would.
I only went public school one year of my life, and I got in three fights.
And I lost all of them.
AA: Aw.
JW: I actually lost a lot of friends because of this election.
Because of my political stance.
So, I hope that I can be the reason that someone decides to talk to someone as opposed to just cutting them out of their life, or blocking them on Twitter, you know?
AA: I'd like for this to encourage other people to engage in more conversations with people that you don't agree with.
JW: That's what it is all about.
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who felt like that.
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