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#the luggage was labeled mohammed and coming from south asia. my sibling jokes it's a wonder we got it back)
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#no wait listen to me. listen to me
#im south asian. my grandparents were muslim. my great aunt and uncle and their children and my parents siblings are all muslim
#my parents aren't. they raised us without any religion. without even our national cultural ceremonies tied to islam
#dont let yourself believe for a fucking second that has nothing to do 9/11 happening two years before i was born. two years before we moved
#im south asian. my dad's first name is mohammed. when we catch a flight we get to the airport two hours earlier-
#to account for the time it'll take my dad to be 'routinely stopped and searched' by airport security
#routinely is right lmfao. it happens every time we fly
#last time i was on an american airlines flight our checked luggage ended up across the continent and took two days to get to us
#(my 12yo cousin gifted us an alarm clock that made an ominous ticking noise and we couldn't shut it the fuck up-
#the luggage was labeled mohammed and coming from south asia. my sibling jokes it's a wonder we got it back)
#im canadian. i cried my ass off to cfa tonight bc of how touching the story of a small town coming together to help a group of strangers is
#(can't help thinking that never would've happened in a bigger city? but thereby lies another tale)
#and god normally i hate 9/11 stories bc it feels like two sides of my identity being pitted against each other and it makes me so uncomfy
#like as a canadian i should be sympathetic towards the states and at the same time im viscerally aware of the lasting prejudiced impacts
#but cfa did it so beautifully
#will never get over the 'thorough search' scene. 'you will never understand'.
#the lump in my throat i get every time I watch my normally distinguished and tough and coolheaded father be pushed through airport security
#how resigned he is to it. how he tries to stay dignified. how scared my mom gets every time. how rough they are with him
#when he usually commands respect
#and yet also the pride and the lump in my throat i got today knowing it was a little canadian town that made a difference
#sigh enough out of me i just have a lot of feelings
#come from away
#team screams
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