The Other Side Of 9/11 Essay
The Other Side of 9/11
Recently America celebrated the anniversary of 9/11: a tragedy that still to this day, leaves people speechless. September 11, 2001, was one of the very rare days that the nation stopped and united together through the horrific event. An event that greatly affected and still affects Americans today. All people of different ages, colors, backgrounds and stories, uniting as one like the unity of stitches in a cloth creating the symbolic red and white stripes with blue and white stars. But among the socalled unity, they were targeting their own: MuslimAmericans.
MuslimAmericans as well as many others who plainly “look Muslim” have been widely targeted group of individuals post the terrorist attack of 9/11. Between …show more content…
the so called “witchhunts” for those who were responsible for the attacks and verbal abuse, a person would only imagine the feeling of Elizabeth and John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s: The Crucible (Source E).
Following the 9/11 attack, the FBI reported a 1700% increase in hate crimes against MuslimAmericans between
20002001 (Source C). In one of many horrific incidents, an innocent man named
Balbir Singh Sodhi was shot and killed by Frank Roque, who stated he wanted to
“kill a Muslim” in response to the terror attacks (Source D).
In a study by the students of Alliant University, there were situations when some feared and made it known they were not comfortable boarding a plane with
MuslimAmericans. But those negative feelings were never exactly made toward the
Muslims themselves. (Source C). Meanwhile in another study performed by the
Public Religion Research Institute found that nearly half of all Americans believe
Islamic values are incompatible with those values of Americans. The same percentage also were found to be uncomfortable with the idea of a mosque being built in their neighborhoods. An additional fortyone percent was found to be extremely uncomfortable if a teacher was Muslim at an elementary school (Source
D). Both studies were completed about ten years after the attack of 9/11. Has
America’s grief turned to bitterness? As a nation are Americans using the
situation to become stronger or has it been used as a virus, spreading over time? Stereotypes are everywhere in today’s time. From the color of your skin to the store the fabric
on your back was purchased from, a stereotype can be made from just about everything. As a nation, Americans should be able to strive and move on past the incident, but never forget 9/11. As a nation the United States must learn it’s multicultural backgrounds they share and not use it against one another. There has been an establishment that discrimination toward the MiddleEastern natives has very much been present before 2001 (Source C). Even twelve years after the questions remains, “When will it stop?” Discrimination against multiple different races is so common in America and will never have a complete end. Still
MuslimAmericans for the majority have learned to absorb the humiliation that others have drenched them in and move on with daily life. For the most part proving that they are not all the same and should not be judged or punished for the acts of others.
Many times this side of the story of 9/11 gets over looked. With so many loved ones gone and so many heartbreaking memories created, why even bother thinking of a MiddleEastern’s innocence right? This is the other side of 9/11 that rarely gets heard, let alone told.
Recently America celebrated the anniversary of 9/11: a tragedy that still to this day, leaves people speechless. September 11, 2001, was one of the very rare days that the nation stopped and united together through the horrific event. An event that greatly affected and still affects Americans today. All people of different ages, colors, backgrounds and stories, uniting as one like the unity of stitches in a cloth creating the symbolic red and white stripes with blue and white stars. But among the socalled unity, they were targeting their own: MuslimAmericans.
MuslimAmericans as well as many others who plainly “look Muslim” have been widely targeted group of individuals post the terrorist attack of 9/11. Between …show more content…
the so called “witchhunts” for those who were responsible for the attacks and verbal abuse, a person would only imagine the feeling of Elizabeth and John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s: The Crucible (Source E).
Following the 9/11 attack, the FBI reported a 1700% increase in hate crimes against MuslimAmericans between
20002001 (Source C). In one of many horrific incidents, an innocent man named
Balbir Singh Sodhi was shot and killed by Frank Roque, who stated he wanted to
“kill a Muslim” in response to the terror attacks (Source D).
In a study by the students of Alliant University, there were situations when some feared and made it known they were not comfortable boarding a plane with
MuslimAmericans. But those negative feelings were never exactly made toward the
Muslims themselves. (Source C). Meanwhile in another study performed by the
Public Religion Research Institute found that nearly half of all Americans believe
Islamic values are incompatible with those values of Americans. The same percentage also were found to be uncomfortable with the idea of a mosque being built in their neighborhoods. An additional fortyone percent was found to be extremely uncomfortable if a teacher was Muslim at an elementary school (Source
D). Both studies were completed about ten years after the attack of 9/11. Has
America’s grief turned to bitterness? As a nation are Americans using the
situation to become stronger or has it been used as a virus, spreading over time? Stereotypes are everywhere in today’s time. From the color of your skin to the store the fabric
on your back was purchased from, a stereotype can be made from just about everything. As a nation, Americans should be able to strive and move on past the incident, but never forget 9/11. As a nation the United States must learn it’s multicultural backgrounds they share and not use it against one another. There has been an establishment that discrimination toward the MiddleEastern natives has very much been present before 2001 (Source C). Even twelve years after the questions remains, “When will it stop?” Discrimination against multiple different races is so common in America and will never have a complete end. Still
MuslimAmericans for the majority have learned to absorb the humiliation that others have drenched them in and move on with daily life. For the most part proving that they are not all the same and should not be judged or punished for the acts of others.
Many times this side of the story of 9/11 gets over looked. With so many loved ones gone and so many heartbreaking memories created, why even bother thinking of a MiddleEastern’s innocence right? This is the other side of 9/11 that rarely gets heard, let alone told.