I will have to say that I agree with L Anderson’s point about how the Muslim people after September 11 or also known as 9/11 have been discriminated against. His points weren’t completely clear to me when reading until the very end but he had a lot of accurate facts and some history about the event. The reason I’m saying that his points weren’t completely clear is because I feel that when I read this I didn’t completely understand due to the lack of organization. He talked about how the event of 9/11 has set into motion a shift in the United States affecting the policy media and apparent racism against Muslims. I would disagree that it’s racism and more of discriminatory actions. We don’t think less of them as a race, the reason that some Americans reacted the way that they did is because it shot fear into their lives. This was the first real attack on the US and Americans were shocked and they didn’t have anyone to blame, but the people who caused it. So they put blame on the Muslim people as a precaution to keep it from happening again. 9/11 is similar to what happened with the Bombings by Japan who attacked the US. As a reaction to this hateful and dangerous event Americans put Japanese Americans in camps to keep them separated and prevent further attacks because they had no one to blame, but the Japanese Americans. This is the same response that the Americans had against the Muslims because of this horrific event that happened was caused by terrorist who were Muslim. All of these motivations and thoughts about Muslim people were only because of the fear that Americans had started to experience. In conclusion, it was a well thought out write up, but it lacked some organization. The history that he gave was very interesting and informative. I agreed with some of his argument and some not so much.
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