Saturday, November 12, 2005
Protest at De Anza
Last night, I went to De Anza for a class. There was a protest against Collin Powell speaking at our school. It was pretty peaceful in the beginning, but became became very aggressive. Policemen in SWAT suites were brought in! People started yelling at the policemen - which didn't make sense because it's not the police who are controlling the occupation. Poeple even wnet across the street and started looting stores, which made me angry. I have to admit, I was a little scared.
The best thing though, were our Muslim brothers. They dressed up very traditionally and all of them were wearing kifayaas (Palestinian scarves). Of course, people knew who the Muslim sisters were because of our headscarves. I was in class most of the time, but when I got out, there was major chaos going on. I think most of it was started by the Anarchists. But the Muslims were getting most of the aggression from the police - probably because they were so easy to spot and because the policemen were racist.
It was so nice to see most of the people's compassion against the war. But the Muslims making statements about Palestine and ending occupation was amazing!
- Naiema
The best thing though, were our Muslim brothers. They dressed up very traditionally and all of them were wearing kifayaas (Palestinian scarves). Of course, people knew who the Muslim sisters were because of our headscarves. I was in class most of the time, but when I got out, there was major chaos going on. I think most of it was started by the Anarchists. But the Muslims were getting most of the aggression from the police - probably because they were so easy to spot and because the policemen were racist.
It was so nice to see most of the people's compassion against the war. But the Muslims making statements about Palestine and ending occupation was amazing!
- Naiema
# posted by StudyHopper @ 8:14 AM 
