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awxareness · 11 months ago

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A wonderful letter- but Loay should keep in mind that Gen Z doesn’t remember 9/11 because they were in diapers or not even a glimmer in their parents eyes.

It’s the asinine millenials (and to my shame I know there’s a handful), that should be reminded of 9/11. The youngest millennial would have been in kindergarten when it happened. They might not have remembered all of that day, but there’d be key points.

And then anyone older is just…..yeah, willful ignorance or hidden antisemitism.

#I was in middle school #there was a friend of mine whose sister had to go through the subway station that was under the towers to get to work #and she worked nearby #her mom picked her up in the mid morning #I remember being confused as to why she was scared #and then i learned what happened after school and I was also very scared #some middle school teachers wheeled in a tv so their kids could watch the news as it was happening #my math teacher decided on ‘business as usual’#then before I went home there was a leaflet passed out we were to give to our parents #about how to tell your kids about massive traumatic national event #*a massive #my mom walked me back home which she didn’t do since I was 12 and old enough to walk home #I was in shock and just watched Backstreet Boys music videos until dinner #the most immediate visual effect that happened was airport security #but there was also widespread fear and unity #then fear and paranoia #I had a friend who I never knew was Muslim until she virtually vanished #I didn’t find out why until a few years later #I wouldn’t be shocked if her parents pulled her out and she went elsewhere #the Islamophobia was REALLY BAD soon after that #Gen z just doesn’t know #and they don’t want to #it’s gross

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