Thursday’s demonstration followed a hateful letter recently sent to the UW Somali Student Association. The discriminatory language sparked a call to action for several students."Seeing hate towards Muslims, especially in a heightened time of other Muslims suffering in other countries like Palestine, it’s kind of heartbreaking to see," said one student, who kept her identity private for her safety.
"As they called on university administration during the rally for better support of the Muslim community, they said the hurtful letter would not defeat them."The letter, there was a lot of hateful discriminatory rhetoric and so that can make a student feel maybe ashamed of their identity, ashamed of being Muslim on campus.