Official Six-Layer Kate Blog Member Statement:
this is difficult and trying...everything is so fucked up...reports are being made now that muslims and arabs are afraid of individual forms of harassment and racism (a well justified fear). god...i'm exhausted. i've been keeping track of everything since 9 this morning. i hope the american people realize that 1) we need to wait for the evidence to come in before we know to whom we may condemn 2) that if it is a pro-arab, islamic group that is responsible, that this group is an exception, and this is against the dictates of true islam. i also hope they realize that arabs do not want this, especially arab-americans. 3) that palestinians have no connection to Osama Bin Laden 4) that this horrible event is a direct response to america's indifference to the arab plight and to the racism and trials that arabs must face.
this is surreal...i'm going to wake up tomorrow...and i will not see the world trade center outside my window. there are thousands less of live, active human beings in new york city. that this is certainly the beginning of what will most probably be major, unfavorable changes in america, in new york, in me.
this is what i must force myself to realize...that people require my help. my roommates and i are opening our apartment to several other new school students whose dormitory was located quite near to the world trade center.
this is what i fear...besides the fact that this incident might tip the country into a recession, and the possible oncoming onslaughts of american xenophobia and racism, that this means war. and although military conflict is justified, it must be coupled with the realization that we need to realize our part in this. this is an incident for which no one escapes responsibility.
this is my prediction...we will trace this to osama bin laden. we will demand extradition from afghanistan. they will refuse. we will declare war.
surreal...every time i look at the footage, i remember what i saw. i remember seeing thousands of people die in only a few seconds. i realize i saw the destruction of an architectural wonder, an american symbol. i realize that whoever is responsible attacked my home. part of my home has been detroyed; my neighbors have been displaced, thrown into fear and chaos, distress.
a few seconds revealed a future to me, a future of whose character i know nothing; all i know is that i saw it, and that it is daunting.
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