Being Muslim and September 11

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and still around my family and me. There was security and secret service everywhere around us. They were in my room, in my house, and all over our yard. People were talking about how all Muslims are terrorists and are out to kill everyone. When I went to school people looked at me like I was some kind of criminal just because my family was Muslim, I was only in 1st grade. People talked about my cousins like they were evil aliens. It made me miss the days where no one at school thought twice about me, or my family, or my family�s race. The older kids at school would talk about me and my cousins within earshot of me, telling each other that we can�t be trusted and that we would probably turn on them. For some reason they thought I could not hear them, being in 1st grade, and just went on like they were on an episode of gossip girl. When I cam home that night my parents looked extremely worried but wouldn�t let on to what it was. My cousin came into my room later and told me that ...

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