New york rapper Himanshu Suri stated that it's rough to be a Muslim in post-September 11
On Monday, 14-yr-historic Ahmed Mohamed, a Sudanese-American Muslim, was arrested after he confirmed his project to an instructor at his high university in Irvine, Texas. The freshman informed WFAA this week that police told him he had "committed the crime of a hoax bomb, a fake bomb," but authorities later announced he would not be charged.
Suri, recognized with the aid of his stage title Heems, told CNN he was not surprised by the incident.
"the thing is it would have happened wherever, any day. that is information to others, however it is not news to me,"
On Monday, 14-yr-historic Ahmed Mohamed, a Sudanese-American Muslim, was arrested after he confirmed his project to an instructor at his high university in Irvine, Texas. The freshman informed WFAA this week that police told him he had "committed the crime of a hoax bomb, a fake bomb," but authorities later announced he would not be charged.
Suri, recognized with the aid of his stage title Heems, told CNN he was not surprised by the incident.
"the thing is it would have happened wherever, any day. that is information to others, however it is not news to me,"
Heems told CNN in a mobile phone interview on Wednesday. "This might have occurred any day in the last 10 years. This could have been me .... or any of my little cousins."
"it's perpetuated via a culture of fear that has outlined the attitude since 9-11,"
heems said. Heems is from Queens and was an university scholar on Sept. 11, 2001. he is the son of Indian immigrants and has confronted racism in his existence. He addresses identity politics by way of alternative hip-hop.
"actually the fact is that (Islamophobia) transcends age and that is the unhappy thing about it," he stated, adding that even young children turn out to be targets. Heems has additionally vehemently spoken out in opposition to attacks on the Sikh neighborhood.
"New york, which I perpetually think was like this innovative place -- on that day (September 11, 2001) I saw an aspect of new York which I had under no circumstances seen earlier," Heems told CNN in an interview last month, recalling when the time his hijab-carrying Muslim friend was harassed on at the time.
"When you're a individual of color, lifestyles is inherently political ... whether or not you consider of it in those terms or not," he stated
"actually the fact is that (Islamophobia) transcends age and that is the unhappy thing about it," he stated, adding that even young children turn out to be targets. Heems has additionally vehemently spoken out in opposition to attacks on the Sikh neighborhood.
"New york, which I perpetually think was like this innovative place -- on that day (September 11, 2001) I saw an aspect of new York which I had under no circumstances seen earlier," Heems told CNN in an interview last month, recalling when the time his hijab-carrying Muslim friend was harassed on at the time.
"When you're a individual of color, lifestyles is inherently political ... whether or not you consider of it in those terms or not," he stated
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