Middle Eastern Influences

Influence of the Middle Eastern Have you ever been influenced by current events you have seen on the news? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, xenophobia is explained as, “having deep antipathy to foreigners,” while being racist is defined as, “a person whose words or actions display prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of race.” The way xenophobia is defined is how people react to different types of culture, how groups react with society, and immigration. Culture and discrimination plays a major role in this generation due to current events such as the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, also known as 9/11. The fear against Muslims or Middle Eastern people are highly provoked because of the terrorist attack was created by
The fear has been stated, “Xenophobic and racist rhetoric seems not only to be on the rise, but also to be becoming more socially and politically acceptable” (Ipsnews). Recent events cause a halt on America’s tradition as an immigrant nation seeing it as a source of trouble and concern for safety. Immigration is beneficial in many ways such as saving people from abusive homes in their countries and cheap labor. In several ways due to xenophobia immigration is dangerous because we never know what association they are acquainted with and over population can be harmful. Immigration is an issue that needs to be resolved “Close family members are going to try to come together, people whose skills are needed by the United States are going to try to get here, and some number of people fleeing persecution are going to try to get here. If we have laws that don't allow them to come here legally, we provide incentives for black market immigration” (Immigration Reform). Even though several people are afraid of foreigners, others are fond of them due to cheap labor or other times they are just regular people searching for a better life.
The way we interpret and view a person is very important because it may cause us to fear a person and become irrational. For Americans the definition of xenophobia mostly relates to certain religions, especially Middle Eastern people, causing us to make tough decisions in regards to culture, society and immigration. The world may go through some horrific events but just because someone is different does not always mean that we should treat them differently. Do not let fear overpower enough to where nothing ends up happening at