Racial Stereotypes: How Muslims Are Portrayed After 9/11

 Racial Stereotypes: How Muslims Are Portrayed After 9/11

September 11 has just passed, and it is important to be able to understand everything that occured since 9/11, especially being able to understand what present day Muslims have to face on an everyday basis. Ever since this tragedy occured, muslims have been facing ethnic, racial, and religious profiling ever since people learned that al Queda was responsible for the attack. Even today, anti-Muslim bigotry is still rising, and this is definitly a stereotype that needs to be put away, because it is not true. Due to a recent study, a poll indicated that only 27% of Americans contained a favorable view of Muslim Americans. This is definitly not right, and people need to open their eyes and realize that there is good and bad people in all religious groups, but the small majority should not define the whole group. This personally affects me because one of my closest freinds is Muslim. However, I have known her for several years, and I am confident enough to state that she is one of the kindest and warm hearted people I have ever met. When I first met her, I didnt judge her by her religion, backround, or any other characteristics she had. This is because somoene's backround or decent does not define who they are, but in fact, their personality is much more than a category.

Cites Used for this Blog:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/11/13-years-after-9-11-anti-muslim-bigotry-is-worse-than-ever.html