The threat of terrorist attacks changed American culture immensely; the devastation wakened the need for protection and a sense of security. Dramatic measures were taken in order to protect this country, so foreign relations were severely affected. Post 9/11 government saw the “link between immigration and security”, and that by changing foreign policy it would “reduce the likelihood of future attacks” (Krikorian 567).The safety measure in airports were countless from metal detectors to full body scans. “The immigration system has being penetrated by the enemy”, the officials realized which led to unfair accusation of innocents (Krikorian 568). “Overzealous officials” grill suspicious foreigners “to the point of near panic” (Khan 559).
In light of the recent bombing in Boston my opinion of relations and the general state of mind of the nation are dramatically different today than had I written this paper a month ago. It was my impression that while relations between the west and the Arab worlds are still strained at best, they seemed to be healing to some degree. The United States had ousted Sadam, has killed Osama Bin Laden, dismantled or severely crippled terror networks throughout the Middle East and the world and has begun withdrawing troops from the region in an effort to give control of these nations back to the native people. There has seemed to be greater communication and understanding between our two cultures. There are, as there have always been, those who would
Western Civilization leads in categories of politics, economics, science and technology and in each category the West gained efficiency and effectiveness. It is seen by many people that Columbus used his power to conquer the people of the new world and commit genocide and slavery but at the same time Columbus brought knowledge to these people and enabled them to become as powerful as Western Civilization. Over time, Western Civilization has faced adversity but like Columbus, they have done whatever was necessary to keep expanding Western influence. The article also clarifies the debate over Columbus because it shows that Columbus cannot be looked at as good or bad; Columbus has to be looked at as an admiral, who took necessary action in the new world to keep Western Civilization on top. If Columbus had not taken the actions that he did, the people of the new world may have overthrown him and the western influence and that could have changed the world as we know it forever.
His lawsuit also seeks a ruling to declare airport racial profiling as unconstitutional. In 2002, after the September 11 attack on the US, Logan International Airport began a program called "Behavior Assessment Screening System" which allows police to question passengers whose behavior appears to be "suspicious". Logan was the first airport in the country to use the system. The plausibility of any benefit from "Behavior Assessment" has been questioned. [9] The Transportation Security Act (TSA) has rolled out a similar system at more than 40 of the nation's largest
Individuals have also made good arguments about the negative outcome that racial profiling might bring to our society. Obviously it has led the dominant race to have superiority to the minorities – racial discrimination. James Zogby, the president of the Arab-American Institute have made a point that he have seen a lot of dark skinned people being searched and treated with humiliation, which is really wrong – Racial Relations. David Harris, a writer and Professor at Toledo College, have already written a couple of books about racial profiling. He states that law enforcers think that they would be more accurate in targeting a suspicious group, but in reality, what happens is the total opposite wherein officials have inaccurate results in targeting the suspect—Race Relations.
The United States does have a strong history of hostility towards specific immigrant groups such as the Nativists who opposed Irish immigration around 1850 and systematic bias against Japanese and German immigrants just before and after the second world war. Jews were also popular targets in the 20th centuary. These days most hostility is geared towards the Latin American immigrants as they are seen to be the largest group of immigrants entering the United States today. Some Americans have not completely adjusted to the largely non-European immigration and racism does occur. 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.
On September 11, 2001, The United States of America and the whole world witnessed the most extreme terrorist incident ever committed on U.S. soil. It was perpetrated by Muslim extremists using commercial airliners as projectiles of destruction. The attacks on September 11, 2001 left nearly three thousand people dead. Following the attacks there was much speculation as to why these attacks were not prevented from happening. In the months following the attacks, President Bush assigned Attorney General Ashcroft the task of producing legislation to assist the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement community to prevent such of an atrocity from occurring again.
During times of war, it is understandable that the Government will be more apt to protect its people. In the United States, terrorism has become a major concern. This has come to light more recently after the 9/11 attack in 2004. Americans have been told that terrorism is their biggest enemy. Though in the attempts to obtain security, the people of the United States are giving up their freedoms and others are having those same freedoms taken away from them.
Many believe that the outcome would have been completely different had the roles been reversed. Examples such as LaMonte Armstrong’s wrongful prosecution for the murder of Ernestine Compton support this argument. Others would argue that examples such as this shouldn’t be used due to the large advances in forensic science, which was used to prove LaMonte’s innocence. Furthermore they would argue that since the election of Obama, the ethnic diversity of judges in the USA has increased showing that the law system is overcoming previous racial
The relations between Muslims and Americans is, as stated by the Council of America-Islamic Relations, “A vastly expanded strategy of winning hearts and minds is core to swaying Muslim populations from negative to favorable views of America. This effort should be a high strategic priority. Our nation's current image and credibility problems in the Muslim world hurt our efforts to defeat extremists. (2008)” Although, certain events have led to the mistrust towards Muslims and Arabs alike, America is still trying to find a peace and stability between Muslims, American and Arabs, and America. There are almost 2,000 mosques, Islamic schools and Islamic centers in America.