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He whispered, “Everyone says to keep quiet, not get involved.”

“Ah! Everybody’s dead wrong!” She gave an angry wave of her hand. “Some of my grandfather’s family died in the Holocaust, you know. So many people had the same attitude then too. Don’t say anything. Don’t get involved. And look what happened.”

“Never you mind what people call you, okay? Be proud of who you are. Because if you’re not proud of yourself, how can you expect others to see you that way?”

Yusuf’s breath eased a little. So, this was what he’d been feeling since Friday. He’d witnessed violence, but he hadn’t been able to name it. He just knew that what had happened had been awful. Painful. Hurtful. “Violence,” he whispered.

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Yusuf gulped. How could one argue with a person who believed they were right? Who believed that using violence and scare tactics to get what they wanted was okay?

I was in school when 9/11 happened... I remember taking a catnap because the teacher didn't mind you doing that if your work was done then waking up and hearing people talk about what happened when I was still half awake ⏰️

“History informs the present, my dear nephew, and so it affects the future,” Uncle Rahman told him.