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> I was not detained; my phone and computer were not confiscated. I was asked if I was Muslim and what I did and where I lived. When I said I was a writer, I w
by newsbinator 10y ago
> I was not detained; my phone and computer were not confiscated. I was asked if I was Muslim and what I did and where I lived. When I said I was a writer, I was asked if I was going “to write about this process?” I answered, “Maybe I will.”
It seems like she was preparing for an ordeal, didn't get one, and still had an article to write.
I worry about border crossings too. We need articles to highlight the problems as they happen. This article didn't have any problems to highlight, so it concentrated on how the author felt in anticipation of the problems.
- analogmemory 10y ago> it concentrated on how the author felt in anticipation of the problems. That was the whole point of the article. The author describes the internal struggle of having to hide one's authentic identity because they could be mistaken for being a "muslim terrorist".