This week in class, we discussed views that America had on
people before and after the events of 9/11. In this blog, I plan to discuss
specifically who the people were and why the were stereotyped as such. In this
day and age, there are many stereotypes about many people. Things like Indians
only study all day, to all Mexicans are illegal immigrants. Obviously that
cannot be true, because it would cause every person of the same race to be
exactly the same. So why is it that there was a stereotype formed after 9/11
that highlighted Muslims as terrorists? That cannot be true at all... The
Islamic way of life does not condone violence against other people. I think
that it is ignorance. Not when s causes an entire religion to be ostracized
based on the act of a single outlive, an outlive that is not common. One of the
root of the word Islam is Salam, which means peace or well being. Is it really
possible for people of a religion that means peace, to be made of terrorists?
After 9/11 fears of terrorism rocketed, and fear became irrational. The
irrational fears of Americans right after 9/11 caused disputes, riots, and etc.
So there is a large problem in America, one that this generation can fix.
