A Display of Beauty on the Bus
While riding the bus to school today, I was witness to something that touched my heart.
I was sitting in the back of the bus, with my headphones on listening to “Feign Amnesia” by They Might Be Giants (a wonderful little ditty off of their latest album “The Else” apparently about Alberto Gonzales) and working on a paper for my Environmental Studies class when the bus stopped in SoDo (south of downtown industrial district)
Onto the bus stepped a man wearing blue flannel with a big bushy red beard on his chin and a Nascar cap on his head. He sat down near the front of the bus while the others who were waiting at the bus stop got on. When the bus began to move, he noticed that one woman - apparently and African Muslim with a colorful cloak covering her from head to toe, only the top part of her face showing - was the only person standing, having gotten on the bus last. He stood up and tapped her gently on the shoulder, motioning for her to sit down where he had sat. She smiled and took the seat as he moved farther back on the bus.
When on September 12th, 2001 I saw Nascar-hatted men verbally berating women in burkas and chadors, and heard tales of men being beaten simply for wearing turbans, I thought that this country had gone down an irreversible path of hatred. Now I am happily proven wrong. Maybe it’s just in Seattle, maybe it was just one man, but that still keeps hope alive.
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