The following is part of a story written to Aftenposten by an 18 year old girl, who signed "shocked girl". She writes she was born in Norway, and is dark-skinned. Sitting in the Oslo metro with two friends from the US (two white and one 'caramel-colored'), they spoke English with each other, until they were accosted by a woman.
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Suddenly a woman on the side asks what type of group we are, and we, who thought she was trying to be nice answered happily that we are a group of friends. Wrong answer, and the woman asks: What do you mean by that? She continues: Are you Muslims?
None of us is a Muslim. Two are christian, one Bahai and one something else, as as true as it is, we answer 'no'.
What happens next is awful, she points at me and asks: You're Muslim, are you not. I and my friends look at each other confused, not knowing what we should say. She points and says, in any case you are not a member of the Church of Norway! she continues her ridicule and asks my friend: where are you from? She answers New York city. Then she looks at me and asks, what with you, where are you from?
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At the point the woman had to get off, leaving the girls shocked. Somebody in the next seat apologized and said it was the first time she experienced such a thing, and hoped that it wouldn't destroy their impression of Norway.
Source: Aftenposten (English)
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