http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_261101010.html?keyword=secondarystory
In Tulsa, a 17 year old muslim girl walked into Abercrombie & Fitch to apply for a job. An attourney for the EEOC filed a lawsuit on Wednesday because Samantha Elauf (the girl) states that "the manager told her that her headscarf (hijab) violates the store's "look policy."" A spokeswoman that works for the store would give no comment on the alligations because she says that they have a strong equal employment policy and that they try to make accomodations for different religious practices.
I think that this war has everybody shaken. Nobody trusts anybody anymore. And after 9/11 this religious group has been getting the blunt of our discrimination. I understand that people are angry and that they think that it is ok to act this way but it is not. What part could this young girl have played to deserve this? None. I know that this company stated they they make accomodations but the accomodations they seem to be making are based on their predilection.
This really upsets me, I mean, I am Irish/German, what happens if one of those countries upsets America do I suffer for it? Do my children? I think that we all need to focus our resentments at the right end of the people, the ones who are actually involved, not at the ones (who because they have the same faith) have done nothing. There are many muslims in the U.S., most of which had nothing to do wiyh 9/11, so why treat them as if they did.
I totally agree with you on this. The whole racial discrimination issues we went through in our own country with our own people was resolved through legislation and civil liberties. No one that owned a restaurant would, for example, even think about telling a black person they couldn't eat there or work there because of their "look policy". Why do some Americans or American businesses think its okay to treat Muslims or anyone for that matter in that way. Its sad that we can't just see people for who they are; give them a fair chance. It makes me wonder if 30 or 40 years from now, our nation will look back on this and think how horrible we were.
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