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When I was in high school, I already knew all the horrendous things the CIA have done to Muslims and just the global south in general since the Cold War.
I still deluded myself into thinking I could change it from the inside if they accepted me. But first, we had t overthrow China and Russia, then reform can be done
I had a very similar experience. I got swept up in the post-9/11 jingoism. I felt I had to prove I was the Yankeest Doodle Dandy that ever lived and not some "terrorist" since my family is south-asian. My family isn't even Muslim but that didn't stop the racist remarks.