September 8, 2010   <<  Back to Our Community Speaks Email This      Printable Version   What are you hiding? Disease, dirt or what? “Children used to tease us, make fun of our clothes.  They used to tell us, ‘What are you hiding (under your veil)? Disease, dirt or what?’”  – A Somali interviewee recounting her days attending a Saint Paul high school.   RELATED ITEMS Down on the floor, or we are going to shoot! I changed quite a bit It was based on my skin color I've been taught to be ashamed We saw their anger. You look like us   Email This      Printable Version