German American Discrimination

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Many similarities can be found between the way in which German Americans were treated during World War I and the way Muslim Americans were treated after the 9/11 terrorist attack. German Americans suffered discrimination during a war they had nothing to do with and the same unfair treatment happened with Islamic and Arab Americans after the 9/11 attacks. This was widespread and hurt many innocent people solely because of people’s ignorance and racism. The discrimination of German Americans started when they stood up and labeled themselves anti-war. This caused the people and President Wilson to question their loyalty to America. There were war ads dehumanizing germans, schools that refused to teach German Americans, and even churches that
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