I was alive, unemployed and 21 at the time. I remember going to a professional office-type job interview not long after and the hiring manager was talking about the dress code for casual Fridays and said no racist language/imagery, unless it's against Muslims or Arabs. guy was like 45, married, kids and dead serious.

I remember thinking, as a dumb young adult who expected real adults to still be in charge, "is that really what we're taking away from this event?"

it turns out, it was.