... world learned that it was men from the Taliban group that were responsible for the attacks, many turned their sorrows into hate. Hate towards every Middle-Eastern person, hate towards every Muslim, hate towards every person that looked like they may resemble or fit into the category of being a Muslim. Suddenly ... easily targeted, women were by far the biggest targets of discrimination. By wearing the hijab women were clearly showing that they were of Middle-Eastern decent or of the Muslim religion (Stodolska 18). Many of those people discriminating found it easier to do so because it wa...

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... over and over again. Others took their aggression out by attacking and in some cases murdering those who looked like they were of Middle Eastern descent. When the World Trade Centers came tumbling down, the news broadcasters publicly stated that this has been the biggest attack on ... the few months following the World Trade Center disaster, the newspapers were filled with stories of brutal beatings that the innocent people of Middle Eastern decent received in cities and towns all across the United States. On September 13, 2001 The New York Times reported that the backlash ... majority...

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... 343 firefighters died. These attacks caused the economy to go down. The World Trade Center represented the United States" financial strength. There were nineteen men who were all terrorists from Middle Eastern nations. The nineteen men belonged to an international terrorist organization known as al Qaeda which was led by Osama bin Laden. "He is a well-known terrorist who began a violent campaign ... us because it is the birthplace of three major religions. The Middle East is called Holy Land because Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were all born there. Another concern to us is economic;...

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... not support and respect the US government's decisions, which can produce other problems for the US. The terrorist attacks have also had a big impact on racism toward Middle Eastern people and the Muslim religion. Many Middle Eastern people, even though they have nothing to do with Osama bin Laden, are being discriminated against unjustly. Mosques are being vandalized and other property is being destroyed ... , or even to go outside and play. When President Bush went to the Mosque in Washington D.C. to tell the people of America that we should not discriminate against Muslims and Middle E...

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... by analyzing wars in the past that America has been involved in. If one were to ask several Americans why troops were stationed in Middle Eastern countries a majority would agree that the military was fighting Al Qaeda and searching for Osama Bin Laden. This situation is often referred to ... does this correlate with 9/11?" Well let's look at the results after the attacks. Not even a month after September 11th, troops were sent into the Middle East and a "War on Terror" was announced. Furthermore, before the 9/11 attacks the U.S. happened to be in a recession, but afterwards the ... it ...

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... 's defines terrorism as a systematic use of terror especially as coercion. There have been many acts of terrorism in the world over the years. The bombing of the U.S. embassy in the Middle East, the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVay, and even the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1994. However, no terrorist attack has had the impact on America ... jobs. Many people are acting ignorantly towards the recent events that have swept the country. Many people are committing hate crimes against peoples of Middle Eastern decent. They are also targeting those people who have a Muslim ...

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... in this article reveals that before September 11 they became victims of African American hate crime, that have changed their lives forever. After September 11 Rosses felt sorry for all Middle Eastern people and Muslims living in America. Kates, Brian. " Muslims Feel Twice Victims of Terror Bias" Sting Felt Citywide." Daily News 23 December 2001: 32. This article describes how cruel non ... . "Relations; September 11 Attack Narrows the Racial Divide." The New York Times 10 October 2002, sec. B: 1. This article claims that after September 11 people of different race, except those of Middle...

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... a thought, if we had gone to war with Cuba it would have resulted in nuclear annihilation of not only the Soviet Union and the United States but China, and other eastern European states as well, and our government almost took us there. Given that, I don't think it is too far out of the realm of possibility that they would do it ... Bush, God appointed America to save the world in any manner which pleases America. God has also made it apparent to Bush that Israel remain at the center of America's Middle Eastern policy and anyone against that is either anti-Semitic, anti-American, against...

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... Of course there will be chaos again. The hardest hit area last time was the airlines. Next time trains, planes and automobiles? Remember the power outage on the eastern seaboard last year? That was our fault, but sometimes I wonder if we need to be helping these guys with ideas. Ever hear of the novel Black Sunday? ... the super bowl dome and detonate. Maybe even take out the "Prez" with it. We still have idiots that can run naked onto a football field in the middle of the most highly publicized and watched sporting event in the world. And no one sees this as a security risk? A young k...

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... of strangers or foreigners or of what is strange or foreign (Merriam Webster Dictionary). The Xenophobia resulting from September 11 is aimed at Muslims and their faith or at all Middle Eastern people. The people of the U.S. are also demanding revenge and reparations for the attacks. These demands have resulted in President Bush declaring an "all out war on terrorism."(Bush's speech ... ...

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... attacks (1). Americans within the continental United States have been, for the most part, sheltered to terrorist attacks prior to September 11, 2001. Terrorist groups are groups of men, mostly from Middle Eastern countries, who gather together and train to attack innocent people around the world. Their only reason for attack is to make others pay for not being like them and believing ... ...

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... help get over there depression by interacting with other people with the same feelings as the individual does. Also, this should reduce hate crime acts amongst those how are an middle eastern heritage. ...

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... to trust them. I can get on a plane and fly and have no problem, but I would rather not be on the plane. There's a lot of racial profiling going on in America. Middle-eastern people were profiled as terrorists and people would look at them and accuse them of being terrorists. Many people don't like being in large crowds nowadays because they feel their ... ...

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... , international passengers have been complaining about being mistreated by employees because they look "suspicious." They don't want to stop at humiliated us, so they go even further to stop every middle-eastern passenger for even more extensive search. Wait times for security checks have expanded to a frustrating 45 minutes of standing in long and winding lines. What once was a simple procedure has ... ...

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