The struggle of Minorities

There is no single group in America or in any other country for that matter where the struggle to assimilate and fit into a different society has not been done without any sacrifice. In America, for example, one group or the other like the Italians, Jews, Irish, Catholics, African Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Native Americans, Hispanics have not faced discrimination from the majority population. Although to be fair, most of the discrimination and prejudice is due to fear of typical stereotypes about a certain group or just that the scarcity of jobs have prompted fights for jobs. But if you pick up the history of the U.S, nothing was given on a silver platter to any group and they had to fight for their rights.

Same is now true for Muslims of all Nationalities who are being stigmatized for an action of the few since the events of 9/11. But it is also the fault of the Muslims that they have been aloof from the political landscape of their adopted country. Even the countries where they have immigrated from have discrimination far more worse than in the U.S. and that is why they immigrated for better jobs and maybe also prosecution from discrimination of all types. The Muslims, in order for their voices to be heard, have to take part in the political structure of their adopted countries wherever they are so that the majority population should hear their voices with open minds. Every minority has to be constantly struggle to get their rights and that is true for the Muslims too. Just putting your head in the sand and think that people will accept you as is will not do and that goes for also in their birth countries too.