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City workers are putting up PSA posters around Boston Monday in a new initiative to show people how to safely step in and help stop incidents of Islamophobic harassment.
The cartoons depict a public transit scene where a disheartened-looking woman wearing a hijabĀ sits while an irate person towers above her in a threatening manner. Another young woman looks on before deciding to intervene.
The step-by-step instructions, city officials said, encourage bystanders to quickly strike upĀ conversations with Muslims being assailed by strangers, in hopes the actions will help disrupt the abuse, make victims feel safer and less alienated, and help disempower perpetrators.