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Article by Nida Ali, December 29, 2016<\/p>\n
On the night of the presidential election, Mariama Badjie \u2013\u00a0 black, American, and Muslim \u2013 was in the East lounge of the Hunter Brookdale Dorms<\/a> in lower Manhattan, as she watched Donald Trump\u2019s acceptance speech on CNN.<\/a> It was 4 a.m. and Badjie sat in a plastic chair surrounded by other Brookdale residents her age.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were like, it\u2019s all over,\u201d said Badjie, a sophomore from Parkchester, Bronx, who voted for the first time. She\u00a0 interviewed on the North Building bridge and eating her lunch. \u201cWe were all like, Oh my God, what just happened. I was definitely crying a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n Donald Trump\u2019s win in the presidential election has instilled fear in many Muslims. Many believe that his victory reflects the rise of Islamophobia manifesting itself in America.<\/p>\n \u201cThe wait line was three hours at our voting site in Parkchester,\u201d Badjie said. \u201cMy brother was looking at his black Muslim hijab sister voting, and then this is what we get. When I heard the election results, it hit me. What was my brother going to think when he woke up in the morning and this man is president.\u201d<\/p>\n Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s presidential campaign strategy fed on and fueled anti-Muslim racism. He made it clear that he wanted to implement hostile legal tactics against Muslims for the sake of bogus national security claims. He even went as far as to propose a ban on all Muslim immigration<\/a> to the United States. When asked about whether his administration would employ a registry for Muslims, Trump said, \u201cabsolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n Carl Higbie,<\/a> a supporter of Trump, cited Japanese-American internment camps as a \u201cprecedent\u201d for a Muslim registry that the Trump transition team wants to employ. He made an appearance on \u201cThe Kelly File\u201d on Fox News.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving a Muslim registry is comparable to the Japanese internment camps<\/a>,\u201d said Badjie. \u201cThis is a big problem. Now that Trump is the president-elect, he needs to show that he\u2019s the president for all people. But based on his potential cabinet<\/a> that does not seem to be the case.\u201d<\/p>\n Badjie is majoring in community health with a minor in public policy. Wearing a pink dress and a black headscarf, Badjie said in her interview that America has made no progress. \u201cTrump’s presidency tells us that we didn\u2019t make as much progress as we think we did,\u201d said Badjie, \u201cand now is the time to do it. This election fueled me to keep pursuing a position in making public policy because we have so much work to do. This is what I need to do until they pull me out of school and put me in a camp in Oklahoma or something.\u201d<\/p>\nNew York Times Headline: Scope of Hate 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n