Contrary to popular belief, America is not a melting point it’s a salad bowl. There’s still an assumption that America is a melting pot and people forget that, that’s exactly the problem with that melting pot theory. Everybody comes and melts away their uniqueness and individuality into assimilation. The salad bowl every piece retains its individual flavor and its individual identity. That’s the exactly the essence of the salad bowl. There 's an unconsciousness of the fact that we don’t understand that we’re being hypocritical of what it means to be American. Forgetting that this is a country based on religious freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of consciousness, and freedom of association. To express who you are. There is nothing …show more content…
As a result of the tragic events of 9/11, it’s been getting harder to protect the constitutional rights of all groups of people without marginalizing any one community especially American Muslims. In turn, it has lead to culture appropriation and culture bashing. Because, of those events, the question arises, Should American Muslims really raise their kids in America? Where they are ostracized because of their ethnic background and their religion. It is a shame to think about because America is depicted to have equal rights and protection without the fear of discrimination and radicalization. Within that realm of discrimination comes racism which is based on the systematic oppression of people. Bringing a new meaning to terminology, that wasn 't widely known a decade ago such as bigotry and …show more content…
He should have specified on that, Islam is a religion, The Sharia Law is a tenant. If we were to put the bible’s teachings into politics and our democratic system. People were once stoned for committing “lewd” behaviors such as adultery in the Bible. Those principles are not used in today’s democratic system because we have evolved into a more civilized society than our ancestors at least that what is being said. In Ben Carson’s interview, he listed eight Islamic countries that still till this day practice the Sharia Law. On the other hand, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Mozambique are just 10 out of the many Islamic prominent countries that do not practice the Sharia Law. Because of the age-old practice of the law of the Sharia Law Ben Carson does not advocate putting a Muslim in charge of this nation. Because the Islamic faith interferes with the leadership of this country and would impair the judgment of a Muslim leader. Therefore making this country a theocracy instead of the democratic nation that has been upheld for several of years. The democratic system is more solid than any other system out there because of its constitutional tenants. The Sharia law is unjust and is still practiced because those third-world countries are not up to par and not yet educated. There are a lot of dirty politics and payoffs going on
The November 17, 1994 Dallas Observer published an article titled “Tell Momma Why You Cry” describing the incidents surround the removal of the Krasniqi children from their home. In this article Sam Krasniqi, the father, was accused of sexually assaulting his ten year old daughter Lima. Once the children were removed from their childhood home they were placed into the Buckner Baptist Children’s Home in East Dallas (Zimmerman, 1998). Kathy Krasniqi, Tim and Liam’s mother, pleaded multiple times with the case worker to be sensitive with their Muslim identity (Zimmerman, 1998). Her requests were denied because the case worker believed “… these people always stay together” (Zimmerman, 1998). This statement reflected the case workers negative viewpoints regarding the Muslim heritage. The first section will discuss the lack of resources used during the Krasniqi case. The second section will breakdown the cultural differences between Muslim heritage and United States culture. The last section will touch on what I personally
In this article, Kasam explains her experience being a Muslim American on a college campus and the challenges she her and fellow Muslims face on campus. She explains how she is a club leader at Quinnipiac University for a Muslim group. She claims that there is not a lot of Muslims who attend that University. She also believes that many Muslims at the school are afraid of coming out and telling other people on campus that they are Muslims; keeping a low profile. She provides statistics on hate crimes against Muslims around the world, and she also expresses her concern to her Muslim friends on campus. This article was published in the College Xpress for mainly college students to view. Kasam is a staff writer for the Quinnipiac Chronicle who mainly writes stories about incidents on and around Quinnipiac University. This article will help me explain the various problems that Muslim students around college campuses face
...hat there are some people who he has been jailed with, who he has walked the streets with and those who have risked it all are the ones who paved the way for the others. In paragraph 42 he links everything together. He no longer makes it a simple issue of ethnicity. He has made it an American issue, therefore uniting all Americans together under a common cause.
...d not assimilate to accepted American culture. However, by the time society learned which ethnicities were ‘unassimilable’, the cultures had already begun to take root in America. At first America had a knee-jerk reaction to this realization and began passing more resolutions preventing ‘non-whites’ from entering the United States. However, as America experienced the increase in cultural communities in reaction to prejudice formed by immigration laws, the government learned that only through a loosening of immigration law and lessening of prejudice would America become a true melting pot. The mid-1900s saw this manifestation in America, as immigration laws allowed more people from around the world to immigrate. As prejudice lessened, the cultural communities sprinkled throughout America that created a mosaic became less prevalent and have begun to form a melting pot.
The way Muslims have been treated after the 9/11 incident is very different than before. Before 9/11 there was certainly some discrimination towards Muslim Americans, but after the attacks happened, between the years 2000 and 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported a 1,700 percent increase of hate crimes against Muslim Americans (Khan & Ecklund, 2012). “While trying to adapt to the outcome of 9/11, Muslim Americans dealt with an increase in negative stereotypes spoken by the common culture, and Muslim immigrants faced more negative attitudes than any other immigrant group” (Khan & Ecklund, 2012). Since the 9/11 attacks, people who dress with a substantial resemblance to Muslims worry about the upcoming hatred and unfriendliness from people of other ethnicities (Khan & Ecklund, 2012). While listening to the media, one can hear reports of negative stereotypes towards people who resemble the Muslim religion, which may be assumed that these people are violent. Negative attitudes that Muslim Americans experience may have detrimental effects on their success in America and their success of achieving the American Dream.
The attitudes toward Muslims today have not changed significantly since September 11, 2001. Any Muslim person; man, woman, or child is automatically suspect to instigate pandemonium, based strictly on their appearance and faith. Regardless of any evidence, reasoning, or perspective to the contrary, Muslims are seen as an enemy to United States citizens. The events of 9/11 left Muslim Americans unceremoniously lacking any respect from U.S. citizens regardless of any affiliation with Al-Qaida. We assess Muslim people with a common image of terror. We see the turban or hijab and assume a terrorist is hidden within its folds. Our mentalities inevitably come to a paralyzing halt, and we can never see through the fabric of the religious garments. When we see any one of these people, one person comes to mind, and that is the person who attacked our country. Today, in our nations cities and towns these arrogances still exist forcefully. Muslim people are still profoundly victimized and discriminated against by the means of assumption and negative mental sets. In the novel Zeitoun, author Dave Eggers takes time to assess the spitefulness encountered by Kathy and Abdulrahman Zeitoun, along with narrating the family’s endeavors with hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun presents racial differences in America, primarily in New Orleans, by discussing how they are created and the ways in which they exist today.
A primary framework for analyzing the relationship between Muslim-Americans and White-Americans is Intergroup Threat Theory. This theory designates two types of threat, realistic and symbolic (Stephan, Ybarra, and Morrison, 2009). Realistic threats challenge the group’s ability to exist. For example realistic threats may involve job loss, deprivation of material resources, injury and death. Symbolic threats however challenge the group’s way of life. These include threats towards morals, values, beliefs, attitudes, and religious practice. It is important to note that both actual threats and perceived threats have real consequences and can cause individuals to rely more on stereotypes and prejudice when relating to other groups.
Islam in America has historically been misunderstood, and this is due to the misconception of culture and religion as well as lack of education and incorrect portrayal in the media, which gives a skewed idea of Islam. Especially in the United States, Islam has been seen as the “terrorist religion” or a religion for the extremists and a religion in which freedom is not an option. Among the countless misconceptions, the basis of stereotypes by Americans is due to the mix up between religion and culture. Furthermore, the media only fuels fire to these misunderstandings and lack of factual information about Islam causing Americans to lash out on American Muslims without reason.
When September 11th occurred, Islamic descendants were discriminated and patronized and to this day still are. Ahmed Mohamed, a 14 year-old Muslim boy, built a clock for his school's engineering class and was accused of building a hoax bomb. This proves to show how accusation is linked to racism. Trayvon Martin, (Whose brother I knew personally), is another example of racist accusation. Just because a black male is wearing a hoodie at a gas station does not give a man the right to shoot! It's honestly disappointing how some races need to teach their kids the right things to say or do when they see a police
For instance, Brooks himself confesses that he has himself in the past gravitated towards places where he believed he could be most comfortable in and where he also felt he could be his true self. He further states, that the majority of his friends are middle-income level Caucasians and conservative Christians. Brooks’ main argument in the essay is that many individuals in the United States often do not even bother to show that they would like to build diverse communities. The essay, Brook says, is about the public discourse on race and is meant to make us ponder about the stereotypes and assumptions we have when we think about diversity or people from other ethnicities. It is also meant to make us look where we fit in the diversity debate? Are we truly for the integration of
America was founded on change. Past revolutions were fought to make new ways in which to live life in this country. Our families all came to America, at one point, to feed into this definition of being an American. The term melting pot in my mind means structure, meaning what we, as Americans, are made of. It was many ethnic backgrounds that came to make up our country. So as more and more people migrate to America, stand up for the changes they believe in, this country will only continue to get stronger.
This paper critically analyses and clearly brings out the existing and well known correlations of discrimination and ill treatment against various groups that live and stay in the United States of America. Various injustices, accusations and false accusations have been made against a number of America populations with the Cold War and the communist terror used as a justification. The paper compares to events; the Japanese treatment after the Pearl Harbor and the labeling of Americans as communists after the cold war. The treatment that is accorded to Muslims and other Arabic groups after the9/11 attack will then create a clear comparison and insight to the whole issue about discrimination in the USA.
Islam is a monotheistic religion, centered around the teachings of the Qu’ran and serving Allah (meaning God in Arabic). However, this Abrahamic religion has been harshly discriminated against in the United States for years. Most prominently throughout the last twelve years, post September 11th, 2001. Unfortunately, issues such as socialization through the media, power distribution, religious ignorance, stereotyping and visible differences have contributed to the ill attitudes towards Muslims. This paper will examine how Americans have been socialized in islamophobia within the United States.
...lim violence mentioned in class lectures include a taxi cab driver in NYC who identified himself as a Muslim and was shot dead by the passenger, four pieces of construction equipment was destroyed at a future mosque site in Tennessee also in Tennessee, a pipe bomb went off in a mosque in Jacksonville killing somewhere around 60 people. This is only a few example of the many hate crimes committed against Muslims in the United States. Muslims not only face hate crimes in the U.S., but all over the world today which is particularly disturbing in the U.S. which has a Constitution that states all citizens are free to practice their own religion, but clearly as of late, this is not true for Muslim Americans.
The age old question that many ask today is “what is an American?” America is continued to be called the “melting pot” of the world. This statement refers to the combination of different cultures and ethnicities throughout the United States. The diversity of America should not take away from the history and foundation it was found upon. ...