“Dear Prime Minister …”: An Open Letter to Jacinda Ardern

Dear Prime Minister Ardern,

I am a 13-year-old Muslim girl from Australia and I would like to publicly share my appreciation with you.

• Summer Joyan
• ABC

I belong to the generation that was born after 11 September 2001.

I have never really contemplated how dark the anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant language is that permeates Australian society, because it is all I have ever known.

I guess I’ve become used to hearing political leaders use that same language.

But then, after seeing the way you have responded to the…

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