This article speaks on the hate crimes that have taken place against American Muslims since September 11th. It says " The trend has alarmed hate crime scholars and law-enforcement officials, who have documented hundreds of attacks — including arsons at mosques, assaults, shootings and threats of violence — since the beginning of 2015. " This was an interesting topic for me for several reasons. One major reason it is important is because as the article continues it mentions The Presidential Election. First thing I thought was " How does this tie in?" According to the article, many people feel the hate crimes and tension grew stronger as candidate Donald Trump started making plans for bans on Immigration by Muslims. One key person in the study of Hate and Extremism is Brian Levin. Brian says “We’re seeing these stereotypes and derogative statements become part of the political discourse." I found this interesting because certain things Trump has said is causing more than just a political reaction. Another reason I chose this article is because the article mentions the abundance of shootings and violence since the beginning of 2015. Lately, when we watch the news, we are constantly seeing stories on Officers killing black people or stories on how the presidential election is going, but very rarely, if any, are there stories on this topic. Now why is that? Do they not want us to know? If this is something that could possibly affect us on a larger scale, why isn't it something brought to our attention sooner?
So do you think more high profile Muslims (celebrities) need to make a statement or do you think that they have but the news doesn't care about this so they report on it less?
ReplyDeleteThe questions towards the end of your blog are great and really make you think about our government And how they allow people like donal trump to encourage hate and discrimination to minorities.
ReplyDeleteSo how would you answer those questions?
DeleteWhile I do believe that people will make their own decisions and retain their own ideals despite what others try to convince them of (in this example the government)they will only change their way of thinking by choice. Now in response to your questions at the end I believe sharing these statics would cause many Americans to become defensive in their beliefs of terrorist and Muslims and cause a decrease in support for the media and government, which the higher ups don't want.
ReplyDeleteI feel that Muslims should be highly racially profiled. In the U.S on many different occasions there has been events that has impacted American culture significantly.
ReplyDeleteWhat if you don't take the precautions who's fault would it be if there was another attack?
ReplyDeleteI feel like certain things are pushed forth by the media simply to spark controversy. The general public is easily manipulated by the media in the sense that we can only really believe what we see or what we hear from others. One source is only as credible as we make it. Its for these reasons that I feel like there aren't very much stories going on about the injustices towards Muslims. Until people have sufficiently done things to make their voices heard the media will only continue to overlook and ignore them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you said this was an interesting topic. I think that Muslims here in America should have as much privacy as other citizens because it wouldn't be fair but, because of the actions of a few Muslim and putting the safety of this nation as a priority we have to put a hard scope on some of them. This is why I think hate crimes and tensions are occurring right now
ReplyDeleteI feel that the reason topics like these are covered and shown more on the media is to spark controversy and fuel peoples views on our world.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the reason topics like these are covered and shown more on the media is to spark controversy and fuel peoples views on our world.
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