Yes, because all Muslim's are terrorists!
-Eyeroll-

People need to be more open minded, possibly a saw and some medical instruments can help with that.

Seriously, the cashier called you a Sand n-word?! You should've reported them definitely. If anyone at my store did that, the manager would chew them out and then throw them out on their ass.

"Oh, So you a terrorist or somethin?"

I vote that the next time soneone says that, you look them in the eye and say yes. I mean come on, what do they honestly think you are going to say?

We have a newish girl at my horder's who's Muslim and she too wears the headscarves. When i first saw them, i thought they were beautiful and made a point to not only tell her as such but also ask intelligent questions and what did i need to know to not offend her. She turned that courtesy around when she learned i was pagan and asked me the same. If people would be willing to LEARN rather than just judge, we could all get along.

I think the headscarves are pretty too. We have many muslim, middle/near eastern people around here. I understand the covering up, the female modesty, but personally, I think the face covering is a bit much. To me, it kind of diminishes one as a person. Not saying its wrong, people can do as they like, that's just my two cents.

My manager actually told me that, if someone calls me a terrorist again, I should start doing that stereotypical "Middle Eastern" Ayiyiyiyiyiyi yell thing you see in older movies. (Note: Jim Bob [manager] is middle eastern and I'm so white I glow in the dark.)

What a shame that happens in 2011. I'm American and I'm embarrassed that this happens.

I seem to remember one time when there was an asian couple that I was serving and this black guy, of all people, in the queue, started making 'Paki' comments. I simply turned to the couple and said, quite loudly, 'I think this backs up my belief that the one thing that unites all ethnic groups and cultures is that they all have their own share of arseholes.' Many folk in the queue started chuckling, including the asian couple, and the black guy just glared at me before walking out.

Speaking of Bible belt, i just read news of the new drive-through sex shop in Huntsville, Alabama. They can only sell for 'medical' purposes..

Can anyone explain to me this stupid law.. why??!!

Is it the land of the free if you can't even sell a 4-inch stick to your fellow citizen??

@jr: Sex toys for medical purposes is a throw back to Freud era medical practices(medicne and psychology were not separate practices then). Women would be prescribed orgasms to treat hysteria. The practice continued to the 50s I believe and some areas still act like it's the age of prohibition.

A bizarre side note hysteria was thought to be caused by the woman's womb being detached, and wandering around the body disrupting her humors. o.O

Wow... that's just wrong that they would say things like that to you, Emma!

I can't believe that people are so rude to make comments like that to your face. Personally, Emma, I think you're awesome for choosing to wear a hijab despite the stereotype. Don't let stupid people get you down!

Also, if you haven't seen them yet, there are some great videos on YouTube showing different ways to wear the hijab that are actually really pretty and fashionable.

Lucky us for being able to make a personal decision to wear a hijab without centuries of cultural and family pressure behind it.

And a big fuck you to all of those crusties and coworkers who cannot NOT be assholes. WHat, are they all in elementary school? For crying out loud, you'd think you were talking about *gasp* sex or something in front of them.

Imagine what it feels like to a girl whose choice is determined my her culture, having to hear that she's a terrorist. Imagine what it's like for gals who wore those before 2001 with no problem, and then saw all the retarded people come out of the woodwork.

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. Also, with that, get a mob of people together, they all end up sharing the lowest I.Q there."

Close, but I personally find Terry Pratchett sums it up best.
“The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its most stupid member divided by the number of mobsters.”

I used to work in a petrol station that had an ice-cream bar attached to it. Because I was the ice-cream girl I had to wear a head covering for hygiene reasons. This is in NZ and I would still get people asking if I was gonna blow the station up. Also got a young teenager asking me if he could have "my colours" (the head scarf was red, oh and I am very very white!!).

People are stupid and strange at times.

Agreeing with all the people above.

I may just be being picky, so excuse me, but it doesn't really do anything for your 'personal decision' argument if you refer to cigarettes as 'cancer sticks' in the next sentence. To reiterate your point, just because you don't approve of something or someone doesn't give you the right to pass judgement.

Unless cancer sticks are just a very odd form of sweetie. In which case, I am a fool. :)

@Tycha - I think it depends if she's wearing it mainly at work (where it appears she is interacting with a lot of Muslim people) or if she's doing it all the time. At work, it's respectful (like doing it when visiting the Middle East) - all the time, then maybe it's a little co-optive.

I could go into a big long speech...I don't feel like it.

I gotta disagree with you. If a person who was wearing a cross wasn't Christian, I'd tell them no. If they're not Indian/hindu, I'd tell them to take the sari off. Not Jewish and wearing the Star of David? Nope. Don't do it.

Unless you're in an area where you need to wear it for safety, or perhaps a special event where it was requested that you wear certain apparel - don't do it. You're misrepresenting yourself and disrespecting a culture.

You got frustrated about the attention you received - Well, the unfortunate truth is that you probably knew what kind of reaction you were going to get. Here's the problem: ignorance shouldn't be counteracted with annoyance or anger, you should educate them instead. Your frustration only reinforces their negative attitudes. Blatant stupidity, tear them a new one. People who refuse to be uneducated deserve it.

In short: you CHOSE to wear a hijab, therefore you CHOSE to deal with the reaction from the public. If you do not want to deal with that attention, then don't willfully draw that attention to yourself.

Not…to sound rude or…in anyway arrogant but remember to wear that wrap because you chose to and not because you believe you need to to get closer to a person of a faith.

In other news: yeah, people are jerks. I like the wraps too but as a fashion and not in a religious context. I don't wear one because I DON'T want someone in that religious context to feel I am mocking them or their culture or using them as a 'fashion gimmick'