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I'm concerned for all the innocent Muslims who are suffering because of ISIS.
When the white Timothy McVeigh, an anti-government terrorist, set off a bomb in Oklahoma City, we did not start suspecting all white people of being bombers. We did not start treating all white people with fear and suspicion.
When the white Ted Bundy was caught for committing numerous gruesome murders, there was no immediate suspicion of all white males being murderers.
When the Ku Klux Klan banded together and went after African Americans, we didn't immediately assume that all white males would go after African Americans.
Why do we now assume that all Muslims men belong to ISIS and are a threat to us? Is is really fair to mistreat all the good, upstanding Muslims who are just trying to live a normal life, make a living and care for their families just the same as we are?
Cloe Carter
Salt Lake City