Explanation: Some time back I was jogging with a friend along the beach and later we sat down and shared a bottle of drink together. A group of girls sat nearby and we overheard one of them remarked, "Yikes, they are drinking from the same bottle!"
It took us a moment to realise that she was commenting about us because my friend is darked skinned and so we were like "ebony & ivory" together.
We then wrote the above note and walked over to them, handed them the note and walked away. A few minutes later, one of them ran after us and apologised for the improper remark made by a member of her group.
Today the three of us regularly jogged together at the beach.....ebony, ivory and chocolate (for the new addition is slightly tanned-skinned!)
"I laugh just like you,
I cry and feel pain.
When you touch my skin, we feel just the same.
But you were born black
And I was born white
Our prejudices formed because of our sight
But if you were blind
And I cannot see
Just think of how nice
Our friendship could be!"
Explanation:
Some time back I was jogging with a friend along the beach and later we sat down and shared a bottle of drink together. A group of girls sat nearby and we overheard one of them remarked, "Yikes, they are drinking from the same bottle!"
It took us a moment to realise that she was commenting about us because my friend is darked skinned and so we were like "ebony & ivory" together.
We then wrote the above note and walked over to them, handed them the note and walked away. A few minutes later, one of them ran after us and apologised for the improper remark made by a member of her group.
Today the three of us regularly jogged together at the beach.....ebony, ivory and chocolate (for the new addition is slightly tanned-skinned!)
Salam-un-Alaikum Fatima Hope u'll b in your good health, I just becoame mumber to this site and now, while viewing this site I saw your forum, great, MashaAllah God Bless you, May I ask you where are you living? anyhow my name is Hamid Bukhari living in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Salam-un-Alaikum Fatima Hope u'll b in your good health, I just becoame mumber to this site and now, while viewing this site I saw your forum, great, MashaAllah God Bless you, May I ask you where are you living? anyhow my name is Hamid Bukhari living in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Am not a gold member so i don't think they will allow me to give you my email address.
What happened was just as how i explained. One of the girls in the group was obviously shocked that me and my friend could drink from the same bottle, because my friend is very dark skinned ( a pretty south indian girl) and i am fair skinned.
It was more a prejudice of race and skin color that are often in people's minds when choosing friends and i personally do not like racism. When i make friends i never bother about their race. It is what's in their heart, their mentality and their virtues that i value.
So i decided make the girl realise the injustice of her thinking and her silliness to judge someone because of their skin color, by giving her the note written above..... Her other friend understood the message and came to us to apologise, and that started a new frienship for us.....
Salams miharbi2001 & bonjour!
Am not a gold member so i don't think they will allow me to give you my email address.
What happened was just as how i explained. One of the girls in the group was obviously shocked that me and my friend could drink from the same bottle, because my friend is very dark skinned ( a pretty south indian girl) and i am fair skinned.
It was more a prejudice of race and skin color that are often in people's minds when choosing friends and i personally do not like racism. When i make friends i never bother about their race. It is what's in their heart, their mentality and their virtues that i value.
So i decided make the girl realise the injustice of her thinking and her silliness to judge someone because of their skin color, by giving her the note written above..... Her other friend understood the message and came to us to apologise, and that started a new frienship for us.....
hey Fathima: i'm some one from maldive islands. ur post is good and intresting. but can u pls tell me what really happened there. May i know ur hotmail address?
hey Fathima:
i'm some one from maldive islands.
ur post is good and intresting. but can u pls tell me what really happened there.
May i know ur hotmail address?
I wrote the note as listed in the beginning of this blog:
"I laugh just like you, I cry and feel pain... When you touch my skin, we feel just the same..... "
Thanks for your doa. We 3 are still enjoying our jogging and close frienship.
Your comment made me think of how i met some of my other friends and i am amazed and grateful to Allah swt for the interesting ways He caused us to meet and made all the beautiful friendshps possible for me.
Like the saying: ** Every good friend once was a stranger.....**
salams fatima
Assalamualaikum candystripe,
I wrote the note as listed in the beginning of this blog:
"I laugh just like you,
I cry and feel pain...
When you touch my skin, we feel just the same..... "
Thanks for your doa. We 3 are still enjoying our jogging and close frienship.
Your comment made me think of how i met some of my other friends and i am amazed and grateful to Allah swt for the interesting ways He caused us to meet and made all the beautiful friendshps possible for me.
Like the saying: ** Every good friend once was a stranger.....**
hi fatima.. quite intresting actually... please could you tell me what did u write on the paper that made the girl run to u for an apology. i wish u all three a happy friend ship
hi fatima.. quite intresting actually... please could you tell me what did u write on the paper that made the girl run to u for an apology.
i wish u all three a happy friend ship
I like all colours of people because they are all CREATIONS OF ALLAH........
Skin colours is not a passport to enter hell or heaven.......thats the reality........
Please refer to my blog, PROPHET MUHAMMAD LAST SERMON posting dated 28 October 2006, statement made by Prophet Muhammad about human skin colours........
ALLAH KNOWS BEST.
Assalamualaikum,
I like all colours of people because they are all CREATIONS OF ALLAH........
Skin colours is not a passport to enter hell or heaven.......thats the reality........
Please refer to my blog, PROPHET MUHAMMAD LAST SERMON posting dated 28 October 2006, statement made by Prophet Muhammad about human skin colours........
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