All Muslims Are Not Terrorists
Although all people from all parts of the world should be aware of the catastrophic terrorist attack that occurred in the United States on September eleventh, 2001 as well as the heartbreak it caused for at least five thousand families, the racial profiling and stereotyping of Middle Eastern people, which is a result of this event, must stop. The attackers of nine eleven were in fact Muslims. However, it does not follow that since those particular terrorists were Muslim that all Muslims are terrorists. Perhaps, a possible solution to ending the use of this stereotype would be to treat all people as if they are terrorists, with respect to airport security taking people aside for extra questioning. The media are the principle suppliers of false information about Muslims; feeding the public stereotypes that all Muslims are terrorists, and that the Quran, their holy book, promotes violence. An example of a time where the media has affected what the publi
Although these acronyms may seem a bit silly, it is very serious to those human beings, namely Arabs and Muslims, today, who pass through United States airports everyday, who can expect dirty, scrutinizing looks. Not to mention a long game of twenty questions before they are allowed on the plane. This means that Bashara 3there are not too many individuals who feel stuck in the middle. One airline, Delta Air, has even gone as far as asking a man to get off the plane. There are two main views on the issue of whether or not to implement racial profiling in airports. " This is only one example of the thousands of times racial profiling occurs on a daily basis, at airports all over the world. However, when Stossel posed the question, "What if we stopped black people because young black men commit more crime?" people began to question their first statement. Most people are either for or against the issue. According to information gathered by columnist Pricilia Martinez, the media portrayed American Muslims as a people, as the cause of the event. The man's name is Ashraf Khan, from Pakistan, and he claimed that he was told by one of the pilots, "I want you to pick up your luggage inside the plane and I don't want you to fly with me on this flight. It was reported by the "Rethinking Racial Profiling" article, that a woman at Newark airport admitted her real feelings on the subject saying, "I hate to think those thoughts, and yet it's reality. If there was any other danger, if I was on a beach and there were sharks, I'd be looking for sharks.
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