I was out with a couple of my marines, and a woman came up to say 'I want to thank you for serving our country, especially at this time.'
Then she asked me where I was from. When I said, 'Egypt', she had this look on her face and she said, 'you're a terrorist.' And that was in a Marine Corp uniform.
I cussed her out - I called her every name under the sun. I'm an American too - how dare she tell me I was something different.
But our community sometimes does that to our own. They say, 'you're not worthy, because you're serving the military.' But they don't understand that we're serving and helping the community.
Then she asked me where I was from. When I said, 'Egypt', she had this look on her face and she said, 'you're a terrorist.' And that was in a Marine Corp uniform.
I cussed her out - I called her every name under the sun. I'm an American too - how dare she tell me I was something different.
But our community sometimes does that to our own. They say, 'you're not worthy, because you're serving the military.' But they don't understand that we're serving and helping the community.
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