BlackVelvet wrote:Kudos to the brother for standing up for his rights. It is a matter of principle. It is very rude to try to occupy a study room which is already being used, even worse to take another student's personal items out of a study room, it is very unreasonable to then refuse to share the room and it is completely absurd to call the police to deal with such an issue. Doesn't the library have a manager?
Like someone said, this wouldn't fly in the UK.
It is probably because almost every Somali American on this thread and probably every black person in that uni or state has let the police and people like that girl treat them like second class citizens, and get away with it, that such things happen in this day and age. Know your rights and stand up for yourselves!
What rights? Living here all My life, I know theres inustice in America. Theres a saying 'aduunkan cadaalad majirto laakin nadaam wuu jira'. There is no 100% justice in America, but there is law and order. In this case, it simiply wasn't wise for this brother to take it as far as it went. Cadaan girl vs a Somali, Black, Muslim Man with an accent, what makes You think the fat porker white policeman will be on his side or be fair? Heck even if He was white, police (rightfully so) are always instructed to take the side of a woman in any sort of dispute. Heck this could have been even worse, what if She said He grabbed My ass, and my titties too. He would have been facing kidnapping + sexual assult. To be honest, yea as a teen maybe posting up somewhere late @ night, the police might ask us some questions but I never considered that a big deal. I mean if this biggest injustice You're gonna face in America is having to have Your study room taken then golly, thats better than 99% of the world.
On a side note, I don't even agree with fussing with a girl period if You can avoid it in any way. Its just foolxumo dhaqan and won't lead to anything good.