America's Racism Reaches Middlebury
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Title
America's Racism Reaches Middlebury
Subject
Luaay Elamir, the man who was at the center of the trespassing and public indecency scandal in 2011 gives his side of the story. He states that there was no public indecency and that he wouldn't have been treated so poorly by the police (harassment, taunting, etc.) if it wasn't for the fact that he was black.
Description
Volume 110, Number 14
Creator
Luaay Elamir
Publisher
The Campus
Date
02/16/2012
Contributor
Luaay Elamir
Coverage
"...Only to be kicked out by the police on the street in a middle of a cold night. But, of course, why would anyone care where a tall black, dreadlocked stranger with bronchitis will spend the night on minus X degrees or so."
"Even if I was homeless, so what? I noticed how in American sick and twisted society being homeless is tolerated less than being a corrupt politician or ruthless law enforcement official. Americans need to be educated that NOBODY asked for or wanted to become homeless. I am shocked how many Americans in fact believe exactly that. This is why police on Nov. 21, 2011, on the night of the eviction suspected I am homeless, on top of being black with dreads, treated me as trash, not letting me say anything in my defense. It is so clear for the reasons for racism and classism why I was not given the benefit of the doubt. The officers who shamelessly taunted me of being homeless also reprimanded me for trimming my hair in a male bathroom."
"Even if I was homeless, so what? I noticed how in American sick and twisted society being homeless is tolerated less than being a corrupt politician or ruthless law enforcement official. Americans need to be educated that NOBODY asked for or wanted to become homeless. I am shocked how many Americans in fact believe exactly that. This is why police on Nov. 21, 2011, on the night of the eviction suspected I am homeless, on top of being black with dreads, treated me as trash, not letting me say anything in my defense. It is so clear for the reasons for racism and classism why I was not given the benefit of the doubt. The officers who shamelessly taunted me of being homeless also reprimanded me for trimming my hair in a male bathroom."
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Luaay Elamir , “America's Racism Reaches Middlebury,” Archives of Anti-Racist Activism, accessed October 27, 2026, https://twilightprojectantiracistrecords.middcreate.net/items/show/568.