Terrorism And Discrimination In The United States

After experiencing various terrorist attacks and discrimination the American people have begun to close their doors as intolerance continues to grow within the American community. "We are operating in an atmosphere of hysteria and fear," said Ibrahim Hooper, national communications director for the Council on American Islamic Relations. "I have never seen it like this,"(Gregory Krieg, CNN). America is a well known country partly because of its diversity in cultures, races, and the ability of all those people to live together, but in recent years due to fear and distrust prejudice has once again become part of our society. Throughout history the American people have been terrorized in various occasions. As a consequence, our nation has lost its trust and the people have become insensitive to other nations problems. Likewise, hatred against people that are different from the common American citizen has risen especially after 911. A common example of a racial group that has been discriminated against for decades, due to terrorist with the same racial background whom have attempted many attacks against the U.S.A, is the Muslim community. The first time in the United States history in which the nation in its whole suffered together was 9/11“The organism was in shock. The whole body of …show more content…
There was an increased of 1.600% of anti-Muslim hate crimes incidents in 2001 alone which was noted by the FBI. Some Americans who were angry and scared felt that all Arabs were a tread to the safety of the country. This is why they tried to isolate and discriminate against Arabs, but more specifically the Muslim community. Stereotypes rapidly increased in the American society; people of Arabic background were thought to have tights with terrorist or that they themselves were terrorist. However, people in the government and police department share the believed