Thursday, September 22, 2011
9/11/2001
before september 11, 2001 happened, i was very unknowledgeable about the world in general. i had no idea what really went on. Osama bin laden is an afghan arab. His people were the ones who crashed into the world trade centers. before then i didnt have any clue as to what arabs even were. i guess what im trying to say is that ever since this happened to our country, i have become a little hesitant to accept these types of people. I dont mean this to be offensive in any way but this day was a huge eye opener to me. i know that not all arabs are terroists, however, when i do see one, the first thing that comes to my mind is that those kind of people is what destroyed our country. at the same time, they have brought us closer and btought us together and have made us to be more patriotic. i dont try to stereotype them all into this category but what those certain individuals did to our country makes it hard for me to get passed this idea. does anyone feel the same way? i hope that one day i can get over this.
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When reading this post what came to my mind was the view that I'm sure the majority of Americans have towards Arabs or those who look Arab in airports. I'm sure Arabs are probably way more likely to be searched in an airport and I'm sure that when just about anyone sees that an Arab is on the same flight as them they get nervous about flying or the thought at least crosses their mind. Who can blame us for what happened but at the same time many innocent people are being accused falsely.
ReplyDeleteyes i completely agree with you.. that's what is so horrible because these innocent people are almost living in fear. like in the film we watched on Thursday in class, that African American guy was making a joke about how he has to get to the airport like 2 hours before is flight...and we laugh about it but at the same time, that's so true and i couldn't imagine living like that.
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