Reflective Essay: Immigration To The United States

Waking up in the morning and looking at the news, social media, and newspaper and realizing that we live in a world filled with judgments and stereotypes towards one another. Assisting a school near the border of Mexico, and the principal and teachers being Turkish has given me the opportunity to learn each culture clearly. Interacting with people from different countries has opened my eyes to see how wrong reporters, political candidates, and other people's opinions are amiss. Thought my high school years I became best friends with a girl from Afghanistan and another one from Mexico. My friend used to live in Mexico and she moved to the United States due all the delinquency and corruption in the country. When she first came to the United
The day was going perfectly fine until one man shouted out of nowhere, ¨Get out of my country you Muslim, you probably have a bomb¨. How are you supposed to react to such a naive comment? How can a person talk to a teenager that way? I was furious. I had had enough of these comments and stereotypes, even though my friends told me to just ignore him, I could not ignore it any longer. I turned around and walked towards that man and and told him he had no right to talk to my friend or any other person that way. We live in a free country where everyone deserves to be treated equally, and you can not go around judging other people based on what they wear or what they believe in. Eventually they called security and took man outside. After the incident my friend thanked me and I decided that I was never going to ignore a comment like that. It is time we stand up for what we truly believe. We cannot let society label us, because stereotypes do not define who we are. Nobody should feel threatened, when they go to a public place nor scared of what might happen to them. I feel proud of myself for defending my friend and I would not hesitate to do it again. I have been silent for too long, I think it's time to speak up for myself and other