In America, people do not like minorities coming to their country because they feel that they might take …show more content…
Chicago has a strong history of social distance because there are many neighborhoods that have specific groups of people living in the area. Specific groups of minorities tend to live with their own because they are afraid that they might not fit in living in a different area. Now Chicago has some areas where different group of people are living next to each other. As time went on people started to accept other races and started to accept welcome one and other. Only the Muslim community is not really accepted by the other communities because of the 9/11 attacks. John says, “prejudice is any rigid and unfounded generalization about an entire category of people” (82). People start to hate Muslims because of a group of Muslim extremist. When Muslims go to the airport, they tend to be mistreated by going through extra security checks. Most people tend to think that Muslims are dangerous and should be careful when interacting with them. I think Muslims are treated this way is because of how the media portray Muslim in a certain way and people make generalizations by listening to the media