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My name is Diana.

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I'm currently doing a Ph.D.

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in immunology and virology.

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I'm also an international student.

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I have Arab heritage
but was born and brought up in Zambia.

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So I feel like
I have a bit of both cultures

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and being on campus or in Guilford
in general, as a person of color,

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you are often a minority
in certain situations,

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and when you're a person of color,
walking with many other people of color,

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even just on campus, even just in town,

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especially after certain instances
like the Paris bombings,

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you're very noticeable,

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you're very noticeably difference
and people are quite comfortable

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letting you know that you're different,

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telling you things
like you're not welcome here.

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I've been spat at,
I've had racial slurs thrown at me.

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And it's not just restricted to

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when things are happening
in the global communities.

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It happens all the time.

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I know my friends love me.

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I know my friends care about me.

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But I do get the sort of microaggressions
like you're the good Arab.

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And when discussing things
that are happening around the world,

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they tell me, “Oh, you know.”

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“Muslim people, the Middle East is a mess”
and things like that.

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And I guess by calling me the good Arab,

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they're not putting me
in the same category,

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but they don't really think
about how that impacts me.

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What if I didn't fit in this world?

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Would I be one of those Arabs?

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Would I be a bad one?

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People just really need to think

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about what they're saying to others that

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even if they mean it
as a joke, it's actually not very funny.