When my very Arab family first moved to the US in 2006 my little sister Salma, who was probably about 6 at the time, came to me crying one day because the kids in her class were calling her Osalma Bin Laden and honestly I laughed a little bit
my childhood nickname was βchristine the beanβ until 2001 when my older brother and sister began a competition to see which of them could think of a new nickname that made me cry the most. this resulted in them calling me βosama bin ladenβ for the next three years
I donβt think anyone will ever be able to fully comprehend the extent of intergenerational trauma that is being created right now as we speak. This will be a stain on the history of humanity forever.