Racial Discrimination Prevails

clipped from www.courant.com Behind Burqa, Student Gets An Education In Bigotry Comments Directed At Muslims COLCHESTER -- Caitlin Dean was raised not to discriminate against others because of their race or religion. But as a white suburban teen of Italian and Irish descent, she often wondered what it would be like to be the target of such abuse. She found out "behind the burqa." The 15-year-old freshman volunteered with a few other students to wear traditional Muslim clothing to school for an entire day in February after a Middle Eastern Studies teacher at Bacon Academy announced that she was looking for students to promote her class by wearing the garb. Caitlin covered her slender frame and short brown hair with a periwinkle burqa, which concealed her face. The hateful and abusive comments she endured that day horrified teachers "Hey, we rape your women!" one upperclassman said as he passed Caitlin in the hallway. "I hope all of your people die," another sniped. Caitlin called it "The Girl Behind the Burqa."