AD Week 4 Critique What do you think it was like for Islamic Americans after the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001? How did the Muslim community as a whole get stereotyped after this incident? Compare this to the absence of stereotyping after Timothy McVeigh‚ a white middle-aged man‚ detonated a truck bomb in front of the Oklahoma City federal building on April 19‚ 1995. After the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11th‚ 2001‚ I think that the lives of Islamic
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“I’m a New Yorker. I was there during 9/11‚ and I saw how‚ not only New York City stopped for a moment‚ we all took an inhale and exhale at the same time - the world united at that time‚ and it changed my life. I think millions of people were forever changed.” She’s right it did change people’s lives forever along with destroying their livelihood‚ but it also changed things in different ways too. The effects of 9/11 did not only affect the United States of America (U.S.A) and New York but the whole
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9/11 was one of the worst things to ever happen in American history. It has changed America economically‚ socially‚ politically‚ and militarily. Innocent people lost their lives or they lost their loved ones. They will never forget September 11‚ 2001. People already know who designed the attacks. The terrorist group that attacked was none other than‚ Al Qaeda and their leader Osama Bin Laden. But‚ now they just ask one question. Why? Their first target was the World Trade Center‚ which could be
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America is living in a Post September 11th era. America’s society is overflowing with bias towards Muslims‚ and the Americans are mentally and politically reconstructing after the attacks. Society is defined by the “customs‚ values [and] norms” (CSD) of the majority. Today‚ the majority of people are afraid of Muslims. It seems as the vast majority of America has based their opinions of Muslims on one event‚ the terror attacks on September 11. Considering the the past eras‚ an era must be characterized
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James S Feliz September 11‚ 2001: Why Is America a Target? America was a target of terrorism on September 11‚ 2001‚ and will continue to be a target of terrorism because it bears a significant degree of responsibility for generating the political‚ religious‚ and economic causes of terrorism. As a global superpower and the dominant economic power in the world‚ the United States has pursued policies which have embittered millions of people throughout the Middle East and the Third World
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Terrorism before and after 9/11 Terrorism is still happening today and it has also happened in the past‚ so we ask ourselves are we safe in any place ? Before 9/11 there have been terrorist attacks in the U.S which then caused the 9/11 terrorism by beginning war which would be the Middle East and America. Also how they would train each men and get more weapons for them‚ although some men did not want to fight. After 9/11 we are not safe anymore due to the 9/11 terror because there is a
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Do you believe all African Americans like watermelon‚ Kool aid or fried chicken? Thousands of people believe stereotypes like these and think it is okay to judge people upon it. Stereotyping people in America is wrong. To begin with racial stereotyping is one of the biggest problem in America. For example Amadou Diallo was a young black man who was shot in 1999 when New York City policemen opened fire on him because they thought he was reaching for a weapon. The policemen thought because he was black
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experiencing on September 11th‚ 2001. On what seemed like a normal day in Manhattan‚ New York‚ little did everyone know it was the beginning of a huge unthinkable disaster. 8:46 a.m. was when the first highjacked plane had hit Tower One. Not too long after‚ the second tower was hit. Dozens of fire crews responded as soon as they heard the news. The issues that were recognized in the outcome of this terrorist act were social‚ psychological‚ and economical. What started out bad just got worse as the
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I don’t think any American can forget where they were when 9/11 happened. I was going into my history class when I learned about it. My teacher had the T.V. on even though the administration asked the teachers to turn the TV’s off. We watched it and discussed what was going on for the entire hour and a half that we were in the class. My teacher was very emotional and crying and so were some of the students. Some of the students were in shock and others were oblivious to what this meant for our country
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Darryl Vick Dennis Phillips Eng. 111‚ 4301 25 April 2014 The Effects of 9/11 The attacks that took place in New York’s Manhattan city‚ on September‚ 11th‚ 2001 had rippling effects that caused a great deal of controversy. The chaos of the two planes soaring through the two towers crippled the American economy. It also created numerous health issues. Social issues were at another alarming effect that the effects of 9/11 had on the U.S.A. The attack was felt globally. The damage that was done to
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