A neighbor sustained a year-long one-man boycott campaign against a Palestinian family after 9-11.

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Right after 9/11, Walter got into an argument with Akram’s father about how the Arabs had celebrated the attacks. It escalated into a screaming match, and Akram’s father kicked him out. After that, Walter would walk right by the store and have lunch at the restaurant on the corner. Every day on his way to the restaurant, he would stop everyone whom he passed. “Don’t shop at Mike’s,” he would say. “They support bin Laden. They support Hamas. Don’t give them your money.” He would stand next to the store bad-mouthing the family for their Palestinian roots. Few took him seriously, but his one-man campaign continued for over a year, until one day he simply lost his conviction. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 507