Stereotypes Of Refugees

Stereotype: a fixed idea or image of a group of people without actually getting to know them. Innocent refugees are being stereotyped to be terrorists everyday they walk outside, and it needs to stop. Sabha Al-Ali, Motab, and their children are Syrian refugees that arrived in Pittsburgh in 2015. In Syria, they were bombed everyday, and kept in refugee camps. It was an extremely hard journey to get to the United States. They came here to escape the terrorists, not to become them. They have a hard time fitting in, without knowing English. They are afraid that President Trump will send them back to the life that they wanted to leave forever. They long for opportunities to blend in and become part of whole. They said, “If you’re really afraid of
Or steer clear from them, having an immediate thought that they want to hurt you? Most people avoid refugees, keep them on the outside of their vision, and do not accept them into our culture and society. Even though you wish to be nice and accepting, that is not the reality. You are concerned for your safety, even though you know there is such a little chance that anyone who looks different than you wants to shoot you. Instead there is a single story for all refugees: they are terrorists and came to the U.S. to cause harm. We have to stop stereotyping refugees based on their appearance. Most are not terrorists. They are just normal people who come to the U.S. for a better life, not to cause
We can start by opening up to them, being accepting, not avoiding them, not changing directions. We can create opportunities for them to thrive and fit in, such as jobs and more housing options. We have to welcome them into our culture and society before we make judgements about what they came to the U.S. for. We need to lend a hand, even if we do not know them. We can help by assimilating and integrating refugees into our towns and cities. With open arms, we need to get to know refugees who may look different than the average person, before we make