The following paragraph was written in response to a post I saw on Facebook. It made me feel so flustered and upset that this is what this country has come to. There is so much hate in this world, and I have found that he best way to fight hate is through my words. This is the post below:
This post makes me angry...not because of the innocent people coming to America, not because of the people openly welcoming them to a new home, but because of the people leaving comments below.
First off, refugees are not getting a free pass to skip the system to enter this country. They go through 3 years of intense background checks, constant surveillance, and all while living under conditions where literally every day could be their last. Secondly, they are not terrorist, they are not all Muslim, and they are not bad people. Many Christians are trying to enter this country and are being denied because of racism. Many Syrian Jews are doing the same and are also facing the same response. Might I remind you during WWII America refused to let Jewish refugees in out of the fear of the radical communist to come with them. And imagine all the lives that could have been saved otherwise. You say you are not ok with them because they will kill your family, news flash, they are the ones having their families killed. They watch as their children die, as their husbands get shot, as their home is destroyed by a rocket sent by their own government. The way to answer violence is NEVER with hate. Never. All you so called Christians should know that, and you should be the first ones welcoming them in, because love is how you combat hate and violence. And this is not love. This is a disgrace, and it hurts my heart as a Christian, as an Arab, and as an American. This is more then a race, religion, or national problem, this is a human problem. We let this happen. We have let it happen for 5 years now. As a nation built on freedom, equality, and completely built up of refugees I am ashamed that there are so many living here with hatred in their hearts toward people who at one point or another could have been us. This is not the American way. This is not the Christian way. And it sure as hell is not the human way.
