Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: Photo brought pride, then a sense of anger

But it was hard for me not to notice that the person giving him the shot happened to be a hijab-wearing woman.

For a split second I felt a sense of pride that a woman who looks like me was featured prominently in newspapers and articles across the province, and that she was shown in a positive way, in a socially important role. That feeling of pride soon vanished like hot poutine on a cold winter night. I was left feeling anger and resentment.

Does anyone think the way this woman dresses affects her ability to do her job? Or that it endangers the secular nature of Quebec’s health care system? Of course it doesn’t, and it would not be one bit different if this woman were a teacher. However, Legault’s government has enacted discriminatory legislation, Bill 21, that limits the career options of visibly Muslim women and others whose religious practice includes wearing “religious symbols.

As a visibly Muslim woman in this province, I am honoured and proud to work on television and print in mainstream media. However, I also cannot help but realize that if I had simply dreamed of pursuing another profession, my life in this province could look very different.

The idea that immigrants need to 'see themselves' anywhere in a foreign country is garbage. I don't expect to see myself in the middle of India or China. Identity politics *is* racist.

Blah blah blah.

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