WHAt's your first Impression on this...??, first thots.. Options

[sTaRLiTtE]

what's your first impression when u see someone wear something like this..

and/or

what do u see them as..??

[iheartjohn]

You know, just because the majority of you only think "Oh, from the Middle East" doesn't mean that everyone does. I have a few friends that would automatically think of 9/11.

Like she said, FIRST IMPRESSION. People who revert to Osama Bin Laden or Saddam probably can't help it. Seeing a Mulism may jog the memory of having Muslim attacks on the US, not too long ago. It's not necessarily prejudice, but it's not right, either.

[[x]Mari[x]]

You know, just because the majority of you only think "Oh, from the Middle East" doesn't mean that everyone does. I have a few friends that would automatically think of 9/11.

Like she said, FIRST IMPRESSION. People who revert to Osama Bin Laden or Saddam probably can't help it. Seeing a Mulism may jog the memory of having Muslim attacks on the US, not too long ago. It's not necessarily prejudice, but it's not right, either.

Exactly.

I wouldn't think much of it; At the worst, I'd wonder what people who ARE prejudiced would think...

My sister works at a company where the founder and boss are Muslim... One day some lady came inside and pointed out to the desk clerk that there was a couple of Muslim men coming towards the building and asked if they wanted the woman to call the police... The desk clerk was all like, "uhhh... that's probably our boss..."