Spreading hate isn’t going to “make America great again,” Teli wrote in her Facebook post.
A 24-year-old Muslim school teacher from Georgia received an anonymous note which said her headscarf “isn’t allowed anymore,” and asked her to hang herself with it.
Mairah Teli, a teacher at Dacula High School in Gwinnett County, located outside Atlanta, posted a picture of the hand-written note on her Facebook account last week.
“Mrs Teli, your head scarf isn’t allowed anymore. Why don’t you tie it around your neck and hang yourself with it,” the note scribble in black ink said, signed ‘America!’.
This incident comes amid reports from around the country about hate rising after Donald Trump, who once infamously called for a ban on all Muslims entering the US, elected as president.
“I’m a high school teacher and sadly this anonymous note was put in my classroom today. As a Muslim, I wear a headscarf as a practice of my faith. I want to share this to raise awareness about the reality and climate of our community. Spreading hate isn’t going to “make America great again,” Teli wrote in her post.
Teli later wrote another post in which she expressed gratitude for the messages of support she’d been receiving “from all over the country.” She added that her school had been ‘working tirelessly’ to identify the person who’d written the offensive message.