Amina an Iraqi immigrant and Joseph an American from birth attended a political protest on opposite sides We rsquo ve been taught to believe that those who are separated by ethnicity and politics carry unbridled animosity toward each other However when a small mob accosted Joseph trying to set his shirt on fire Amina rushed to his defense ldquo I don rsquo t think we could be any further apart as people rdquo Joseph told a reporter ldquo and yet it was just kinda like this common lsquo that rsquo s not OK rsquo moment rdquo Something deeper than politics
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