![]() ![]() I would likely channel that negative energy in the constructive way that Zara does-with tae kwon do kicks and patterns and by adhering to its tenets: courage, integrity, perseverance, self-control, and indomitable spirit. Nor does a life combatting diurnal microaggressions, managing anger, or coping amidst persecution sound satisfying. ![]() Without wanting to minimize the challenges faced on a daily basis by someone who experiences otherness, I-a white, heterosexual, cisgender female-couldn’t help but say, “I don’t belong to that hate group, and I am always appalled that people’s core beliefs harbor such intolerance.” I know that racism is alive and ugly it just doesn’t make sense to me. In response, I vacillated between tears, anger at the injustice that brown, non-gender conforming individuals endure, and the occasional sense that some generalizing was taking place under the influence of Sabina Khan’s pen. Readers of Zara Hossain Is Here accompany driven, intelligent, community-minded social justice advocate, Zara Hossain on her mission to bring awareness to the sacrifices and struggles that immigrants face in the United States. ![]()
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