The terrorist attack that took place in New York on September 11, 2001 was one of the worst attacks in American history. Exactly how did this event affect American people?
The 9-11 attack on New York changed how Americans view terrorism today, and how we view other people. September 11, 2001 changed how America views other culture, the way we see people, and brought fear upon us. After the events of 9-11, it changed how Americans view other cultures. This was one of the biggest effects of people after the attack, which is why stereotyped groups like Muslims after the terrorist attack because it was a Muslim group that brought out the attack. Ever since the attack, we have been afraid of Muslims and other similar cultures. Kelly Feddema, my mother, who was 32 years old at this time stated it this way, “We became more fearful and weary, but we became stronger and more united as a nation.” She is absolutely right in my opinion. As a nation we became fearful and aware of surroundings, but this event brought our nation together, so we can let others know that terrorism will not separate our nation. Greg Feddema, my father, who was 32 years old at the time also had a great input on this event. He said, “After the 9-11 attack, we were more critical of Muslims, and much more stereotypical.” Greg is a History teacher and is interested in current events, therefore at the time of the attacks, he became weary and tried to learn as much as could about the attacks. Greg’s input has the best background since he has studied these topics, and likes to explore it as much as possible. Greg is absolutely right in how America changed. Like I explained above, we became more judgmental of Muslims and other cultures because of the fear a few terrorist Muslims instilled …show more content…
Ever since the 9-11 attack, we have discriminated against people that look Muslim, or practice Muslim traditions. In today's world when I see a Muslim person I immediately think about terrorism since I know that some of these terrorist groups are muslim, but we only hear about the horrible events they do. America as a whole only wants to see Muslims as a disgraceful group because of the 9-11 attacks, and the terrible events that a few people of Muslim culture committed. Randy Halstrom, my grandfather, who was 56 years old at the time of the attack said, “My view did change on Muslims until I realized that not all Muslims think the same as those terrorists who were behind the 9-11 attacks.” Randy, like most people at the time, thought all Muslims were horrible after these attacks, but later realized that these terrorists were a select few of the Muslim population that committed these crimes. Kelly also had a great input on this particular viewpoint, therefore she said, “After the attacks, we as a nation had much anger towards other nations, and we did not understand how some group could commit an attack like this.” After the attack America was so angry that it blocked our judgment, therefore our nation could not see past these attacks, and it interfered with our judgement to not base a person on how they look. The way Americans saw other people changed after the attacks on
The 9-11 attack on New York changed how Americans view terrorism today, and how we view other people. September 11, 2001 changed how America views other culture, the way we see people, and brought fear upon us. After the events of 9-11, it changed how Americans view other cultures. This was one of the biggest effects of people after the attack, which is why stereotyped groups like Muslims after the terrorist attack because it was a Muslim group that brought out the attack. Ever since the attack, we have been afraid of Muslims and other similar cultures. Kelly Feddema, my mother, who was 32 years old at this time stated it this way, “We became more fearful and weary, but we became stronger and more united as a nation.” She is absolutely right in my opinion. As a nation we became fearful and aware of surroundings, but this event brought our nation together, so we can let others know that terrorism will not separate our nation. Greg Feddema, my father, who was 32 years old at the time also had a great input on this event. He said, “After the 9-11 attack, we were more critical of Muslims, and much more stereotypical.” Greg is a History teacher and is interested in current events, therefore at the time of the attacks, he became weary and tried to learn as much as could about the attacks. Greg’s input has the best background since he has studied these topics, and likes to explore it as much as possible. Greg is absolutely right in how America changed. Like I explained above, we became more judgmental of Muslims and other cultures because of the fear a few terrorist Muslims instilled …show more content…
Ever since the 9-11 attack, we have discriminated against people that look Muslim, or practice Muslim traditions. In today's world when I see a Muslim person I immediately think about terrorism since I know that some of these terrorist groups are muslim, but we only hear about the horrible events they do. America as a whole only wants to see Muslims as a disgraceful group because of the 9-11 attacks, and the terrible events that a few people of Muslim culture committed. Randy Halstrom, my grandfather, who was 56 years old at the time of the attack said, “My view did change on Muslims until I realized that not all Muslims think the same as those terrorists who were behind the 9-11 attacks.” Randy, like most people at the time, thought all Muslims were horrible after these attacks, but later realized that these terrorists were a select few of the Muslim population that committed these crimes. Kelly also had a great input on this particular viewpoint, therefore she said, “After the attacks, we as a nation had much anger towards other nations, and we did not understand how some group could commit an attack like this.” After the attack America was so angry that it blocked our judgment, therefore our nation could not see past these attacks, and it interfered with our judgement to not base a person on how they look. The way Americans saw other people changed after the attacks on