At the White House, Clinton spots Bubba on the tour and motions him and his boss over, saying, "Bubba, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a cup of coffee first and catch up." Sure enough, half an hour later Bubba emerges with President Clinton. But by the time Bubba returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded by
In the late 1970s, rumors of abused human rights circulated. Congressman Leo Ryan visited Jonestown in November 1978 to see for himself. The visit went well. When Ryan was leaving, early the morning of the 18th, about 16 members decided they wanted to leave Jonestown (Robinson 2). While Ryan and the members were waiting at the Port Kaituma Airstrip, a group of temple guards drove up and started shooting.
When we first think of Muslims we think of bomb throwing, gun carrying, Taliban crazed murderers, unless you’re a politician then you say the second, more people-pleasing thing that comes to mind. Undeniably, the common belief in America is that all Arabs are Muslims, therefore all Muslims are terrorists, therefore women's rights get thrown out of the window, and thereby the Islamic religion is bad. Yet, Muslim culture and the Islamic religion have some extraordinarily, beautiful traits but are sadly overshadowed by all the negative. Stereotypes bombard us everyday but the most overlying stereotype is that Arabs are all the same, and it has been programmed into our nation’s youth. It’s like the prejudice our parents were raised to have
(2015, January). The Fear of Counterterrorism: Surveillance and Civil Liberties Since 9/11. Society, 52(1), 70-79 doi: 10.1007/s12115-014-9855-1 This article describes some of the negative out comes of 9/11. In this country Arabs/Muslims experienced racism and racial profiling. Even those Arab Americans who were already incarcerated experienced unjust treatment by police officers.
Arab Americans trace ancestry to any of the various waves of immigrants of the countries comprising the Arab World. Arab Americans and Muslim overlap each other but they distinct from each other. Majority of Arab Americans aren’t Muslims. Both Arab and American cultures could never agree on main points and have been a source of conflict through the history of the world. Arab culture often embraces Islam and they make use of the Arabic language.
Within a couple of minutes I had seen the most horrific thing in my life when the one tower came down onto itself. At that point I decided that I couldn’t work experiencing what I had just seen and returned to my vehicle and started heading home. On my way home I saw the F16 fighter jets and emergency vehicles on their way into New York City. At that point I think it became reality as to what really happened at the Twin Towers. When I arrived home there was a feeling that had come over me that this could actually be our last day on earth if these attacks kept occurring.
Many individuals in the United States including Middle-Eastern males have been a subject to racial profiling. Racial profiling has increased dramatically since September 11th, 2001 and Homeland Security has deliberately wasted valuable time and resources when profiling ethic individuals of terrorist activities. As the director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office Caroline Fredrickson once said, “Racial and ethnic profiling are not only wrong, but they don’t work. The time and resources spent by DHS rounding up, interrogating and investigating innocent American immigrants could have been spent dealing with actual threats to our country” (ACLU). Another type of racial profiling occurred when Homeland Security and law enforcement officials passed a law indicating U.S citizenship was one of a job requirement for certain job position.
Racial hate crimes are a problem we face in America and something that is getting worse every year. Being at Temple University, it is easy to see a lot of racial tension and there is always a fear of a hate crime happening. Hate crimes are a problem because they are being committed across our country and they are very hard to determine, as shown with the brick incident at Temple. Almost any crime could be seen as
Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice July Wright University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA 423 Shomari Gilford March 25, 2011 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice Capital Punishment or the death penalty is one of the most controversial issues on American soil, exceeded by only those condemned to the wages of this unquestionable sin. Minorities such as Hispanics and African Americans, aggregate this continuous barrage of discrimination. Racial minorities are inexplicably prosecuted for violent crimes. It has become a debatable issue for a long period of time. Some people still believe that being born as a Hispanic or African American means becoming less of a person which is quite unfair for it is not the
For Native Americans to be subjected to racism in their own land is even harder to believe. Statistics show us that Native Americans have twice the rate of violence against them as the average American citizen. They are the victim of violence by other races more than 70 percent of the time. Why is it that we as a nation do not realize that this is true? Why is it that crimes against Native Americans go unpunished?