The morning of September 11, 2001 was a morning just like any other. I woke up, took my siblings to school, got to school early, and was planning on finishing up some homework and having breakfast with my friend before class. But life never goes as planned; we learn that early on. And what happen on 9-11 changed the course my life was taking. It brought about a new understanding and new life for me. But not only for me; it brought a change in the lives of others as well. I guess that is when people change; when the environment around them changes. And for us, that was very much true. We went from feeling safe as a nation to feeling stripped, naked, and unarmed. I liked who I was before 9-11, but I knew that in order to survive, I would have to change some of myself; otherwise I would never survive this harsh society we live in.

That’s what sociology is all about: societies and how humans have to adapt to their surroundings. Sociology also talks about how environments can influence people’s ideas and actions. And what happened to the American society after 9-11 is a perfect example of this. People who were once in opposition of war were now rallying to “get the people who did t

There were many pressures placed on the Muslims and Arabs in this country. They were asked to comply with many searches, background checks and investigations. They were asked to accept the intolerance of people who, for example, wanted them removed from an airplane for fear of being hijacked. I didn’t see anyone inspect a white, Christian male entering a federal building after the Oklahoma City bombings. To me, the actions of the public were unnecessary and ignorant. I felt that America as a nation should have been more educated and prepared for an event like 9-11. Even though no one can actually be prepared for something with such magnitude, I thought people stressed diversity and tolerance. So where was all that on 9-11?

As I mentioned before, people change when the environment around them changes. After 9-11, people felt threatened; therefore, they changed their mindset to better protect themselves. The way that the media portrayed Arabs and Muslims led people to believe that all Muslims and Arabs were like that. And by that, I mean America-hating, fanatical, religious extremists. But in reality we’re not. The majority of Muslims around the world sympathized with the US because they too have been attacked at one point or another. I’m not saying they all were; of course there were those Muslims and Arabs who said that the US deserved what they got, and if the US paid more attention to its foreign policies then there wouldn’t be such hatred. Nonetheless, the media did not help this situation. And so this created the premise that mistreating Arabs and Muslims is okay because they are not really Americans; not unless they proclaimed in loud and clear.

So what is the solution? There isn’t one; at least not yet. How can one group stand up and ask the rest of the population to follow them because they are right? They can’t, because who are they to say they are right? There are 6.5 billion people in this world. No one is ever right; there are way too many other people in the world to let that be true. Society needs to learn that having different ideas is okay, as long as these ideologies do not harm society. We are taught from the time we are young that we need to respect other’s opinions; yet as we grow older, we are always skeptical of what is not mainst

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