“Knoshnoor came to New York from Pakistan when she was in the eighth grade. She was bullied from the moment she got to her school, her hijab was continually pulled off by peers who called her ‘stinky’, ‘ugly’ and ‘terrorist’. Students threw things at her, such as balled up pieces of paper with explicit or lewd comments written on them. some even threw basketballs forcefully at her. She reported these incidents to teachers multiple times, but no one did anything to help. She never told her mother because she felt it was pointless (Paracha,2008)

bullying is a big social issue at school, especially because of racism and xenophobic. I accepted my elementary and middle school education in China. The racism is definitely not the main issue compared to how it is treated and seen in the United States. when I was at 7 grade, I went to an international school, there were many different students who came from diverse backgrounds and languages. I did not see the racism or the xenophobic issues happened there.
However, when I came to New York, I started heard people talking about racism and it is a big issue in society and life, especially in school. Color Students are bullied by some “dominated color students” or white students. However, New York is like a melting pot, there are over 100 different nations and background people. According to data, there are over 1 million Chinese people in New York. Bullying is really an important issue and it should be aware of. There is no better nation or worst nation in the world. The human being is all the same. And we should develop a better study environment for all students and parents to live and study. I think the teacher also should encourage all students working together, knowing each other more. I think why the bullying is happening could because students do not know their classmates then they would have misunderstood those color students. Once they get know each other better, their prejudice against color students would decrease. Developing a good learning community is our goal.