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comment by Herunar
Herunar  ·  3363 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 16, 2015

Yeah that story's just been on my mind all fucking day. What a shit-show. My brother (we're Muslim + brown) very nearly got into some serious trouble because someone had sent in an anonymous bomb threat to his school and the authorities immediately assumed that he, as the resident brown dude, was at fault - this was like right after 9/11 I think. Luckily, the culprit confessed before anything took a turn for the worse but still...that story always scared me as a kid. This was in a pretty typically liberal place too, really shocked us all.

Unfortunately, shit like that is happening in a lot of countries these days - I've a couple stories to tell from all around the world, but maybe I've just had bad luck or something. It is really apparent in stories like this in America cause our police force can sometimes be absolutely bonkers but it can take on a very sinister, subtle tone in Europe. It's depressing.