Bernice

"Overnight, Iranians living in America became, to say the least, very unpopular"

I think that this is really sad, but it always seems to happen. My uncle Youness, who has, unknown to him, became a pretty big topic in this blog, got a lot of dirty looks and had trouble getting a job after 9/11, simply because his name and looks make him seem Middle Eastern. When my cousin sent out the invitations to her wedding, a lot of people didn't attend when they found out there would be an Imam running parts of the ceremony. It's crazy how long it takes to build trust and spread love, and how quickly trust can be broken and hate circulated.

"Being French in America is like having your hand stamped with one of those passes that allows you to get into everything"

I think that this quote better pertains to Sundara's experience. Although it was harder for her than Francois, it was a lot easier than Firoozeh's second experience in America. When people learned that she was a Cambodian, people felt sorry for her and were really nice to her. They were really intrigued by her, but weren't mean to her. I think that she is more pitied than anything else, though.