2017年2月23日 星期四

I Was a Muslim in Trump's White House

I Was a Muslim in Trump's White House

曾經任職歐巴馬政府國安會的穆斯林員工,表示為何她在川普就任第八天,選擇離開國安會體系,以及分享她在國安會任職時的心路歷程。

Rumana Ahmed Feb 23, 2017

In 2011, I was hired, straight out of college, to work at the White House and eventually the National Security Council. My job there was to promote and protect the best of what my country stands for. I am a hijab-wearing Muslim woman––I was the only hijabi in the West Wing––and the Obama administration always made me feel welcome and included.

Like most of my fellow American Muslims, I spent much of 2016 watching with consternation as Donald Trump vilified our community. Despite this––or because of it––I thought I should try to stay on the NSC staff during the Trump Administration, in order to give the new president and his aides a more nuanced view of Islam, and of America's Muslim citizens.
I lasted eight days.

When Trump issued a ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries and all Syrian refugees, I knew I could no longer stay and work for an administration that saw me and people like me not as fellow citizens, but as a threat.