1. Abdul Kareem Singh, his twenty-one years old and works at a Tommy's burgers fast food restaurant and is a math tutor at his school Abdul is the first in his family to be born in the United states, he grew up in Pomona California and is an only child. Abdul is the son of immigrant parents since his mother emigrated from Egypt to the United States His father emigrated from Palestine, then moved to Fiji with his family because of the dangers of Palestine and eventually became a U.S citizen. Abdul is the son of the immigrant parents since they weren’t born in the United States and so that means they are not natives. He is not a convert to Islam because he has been a Muslim since he was born and it was the faith that his family raised him with, …show more content…
He has experienced discrimination when he was at school by some of the jokes people would make around him —such as he was planning to bomb the school at graduation or that he would shoot up the school if he ever got a bad grade in any of his classes. He dealt with it by just ignoring it and trying not to draw any attention to it because he knew that if he let people know that if bothered him, then they will only continue to say terrible things and make jokes about him — as terrible as it was for him. One of his worst experiences of ethnic discrimination was when he used the restroom when he was in first grade and tall kid (who was probably in fourth or fifth grade) lifted up Abdul by his collar and told him it’s because of you and your kind that my cousin is gone. He spoke with grief and anger as he threatened Abdul by saying “If I ever see you back here, I’ll beat you up!” — Abdul then was let go and ran somewhere safe to cry. Abdul admitted he didn’t know why he was targeted at the time but as he grew up understood that his appearance/ethnicity was likely the only reason for the situation that happened and knowing that has mortified him to this day because he realizes he can fall victim to other people's anger and rage simply because he looks a certain