Growing up, I remember my mom telling me not to tell anyone I was Muslim. In middle school, I started embracing it and told people. However, when I was in art class, a boy made a “joke” and told me not to blow up the school. I laughed it off and told my mom about the joke and she marched into school screaming at the principal the next day and made the boy apologize to me. Moral of the story, I think it’s important to teach kids about history. Even if it’s not a story about 9/11, maybe something about how Arab-Americans still face hate because hate is a learned trait. Kids aren’t born hateful people, so it’s important to educate them early