Americans know “racial profiling is both morally wrong and ineffective”, but they rather be safe than sorry (Chavez 563). Americans only get the idea that all middle easterners are terrorists because media has taken the role of portraying them in such a way to plants terror in Americans (Spurlock). People have gotten to the point of people being “singled out” because of looking certain way or because people around them feel uncomfortable (Chavez 569).
Others were due to growing intolerance for immigrants, who were or assumed to be from the Middle East. Many hate crimes were committed against Muslim and Asian people, and most by racist people trying to justify their acts claiming to be afraid. According to FBI reports at the time, hate crimes targeting people and institutions that identified with the Islamic faith increased from 28 in 2000 to 481 in 2001. Mosques were attacked as well as other religious buildings, including a Hindu temple in St Louis, Mo., which was hit twice with firebombs in 2003.
This legislation was introduced in a rapid fashion following the attack of 9/11. Because of this, it had some points of vagueness and left it open for misinterpretation. Organizations like the ACLU fed on this and released multiple reports demeaning the substance of the Act. In doing this, it introduced fear to the public that their civil liberties were being greatly compromised. In reality, the majority of the legislation is directed towards people suspected of terrorism.
This was very controversial because he had many supporters including Fox news themselves. Of course this was all over the media and that added many more negative views about the religion of Islam. Muslims are ordinary people but the media portrays them as terrorists. They have negative images of Islam and Muslims everywhere. These negative images are based on erroneous ignorance.
These terms appeared frequently and with high intensity, shaping a negative image of Malcolm X in the media. After Malcolm returned from Mecca, he announced that he no longer indicted the entire white race as racists and devils, and yet he was still connected with black supremacy. Other terms that cluster around extremist and appear in relation to Black Muslims and Malcolm X are enemy, confrontation, and bitter. These labels have implications of violence. Violence from a minority group against the white society is extremely disturbing to that population.
The Israelis responded similarly to their previous reprisals, striking down on the Palestinians with force, killing over a thousand protesters. Images of the Intifada, with Israeli tanks attacking unarmed youths, raised international attention towards the Palestinian cause. The Israeli government was harshly criticized for their actions during the Intifada, raising concerns around the world surrounding their policies and the Palestinian
My friend did not like Muslim people because he thought that all of them were here to make our lives worse by blowing up another building or plane. As the evidence that would support his hypothesis he would talk about the tragic 9/11 event in the US and grievous accidents in the other countries. He was always ready to hear bad news and they characterized the entire nation for him. Being from another country I felt embarrassed of him sometimes because I could not accept his idea of judging all the people by the acts of few. Unfortunately, none of the good stories reached his ear; they seemed to vanish in his mind.
There are many examples of Americans exacting horrific and violent terror against its own citizens. Jeffery Dahmer, Jim Jones, Timothy McVeigh and the list goes on and on. I think this says a lot about the mental state that we are in as Americans. It is a sad fact that the relations between the Arab world and the western world seem to be just a far apart now as they were 12 years ago when the towers
Hostility towards people of middle-eastern descent has also become apparent after the September 11th attacks conducted by an Islamic extremist group known as Al Qaeda. Many think America's borders, especially the southern border with Mexico, are a possible entry route for its enemies. However racist thinking among and between minority groups does occur, examples of this are conflicts between blacks and Koreans in the LA riots of 1992. Hostility is also apparent between African Americans and Latino immigrants, and the development of race orientated prison gangs is an example of
Racism and Anti-Semitism: A Problem in America PHI 103 Kevin Lines November 28, 2011 Racism and Anti-Semitism: A Problem in America Racism in America is an ongoing problem in America which appears to have no end in sight. Since the beginning of time, which is evident even in the holy bible, racism and discrimination occurs quite frequently. Will it ever be an end to this ongoing problem? Sad to say, as long as inadequate information, ill-advised people and untrue rumors are in circulation in society, people will continue to dislike and hate other people for the color of their skin, nationality or the religion that they practice. We should look at the root of the problem in opposed to the surface.