“The theft of brown women's narratives is not only an injustice placed on them, but also one extended to their male counterparts; by insisting they need to be liberated from their 'barbaric' civilization, Laura [Bush] summoned the colonial assertion that brown women need saving from brown men, when, in actuality, brown women have suffered at the hands of white men more than at those of any other oppressor in history.” FeminismRacismIslamColonialismMuslimIslamophobiaMuslim WomenWhite Feminism Book:Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Story Source: Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Story
“When all the public eye sees are headscarves instead of individual stories, our community is collectively tokenized. It creates the perception that opportunity is limited and only a rare few of us can make it. Whenever that happens to an already marginalized community, it pits its own members in a competition against one another instead of against the restrictive frameworks that put us in that position in the first place. The first hijabi whatever won't eliminate Islamophobia just as the first black president hasn't eliminated racism, though both are signifiers of some type of progress — symbols of ascending beyond adversity.” RacismIslamOppressionMuslimIslamophobiaMarginalizationTokenization Book:Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Story Source: Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Story