This week in class, we discussed views that America had on people before and after the events of 9/11. In this blog, I plan to discuss specifically who the people were and why the were stereotyped as such. In this day and age, there are many stereotypes about many people. Things like Indians only study all day, to all Mexicans are illegal immigrants. Obviously that cannot be true, because it would cause every person of the same race to be exactly the same. So why is it that there was a stereotype formed after 9/11 that highlighted Muslims as terrorists? That cannot be true at all... The Islamic way of life does not condone violence against other people. I think that it is ignorance. There is a famous phrase that says, "ignorance is bliss", but it really isn't. Not when s causes an entire religion to be ostrasized based on the act of a single outlier, an outlier that is not common. One of the root of the word Islam is Salam, which means peace or well being. Is it really possible for people of a religion that means peace, to be made of terrorists? After 9/11 fears of terrorism rocketed, and fear became irrational. The irrational fears of Americans right after 9/11 caused diputes, riots, and etc. So there is a large problem in America, one that this generation can fix. I believe that we can stop ignorant stereotypes. What do you think?
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