Section A01
Response #2 - So Our History Doesn't Become our Future
On September 11th, 2001, the US was attacked by the Al-Qaeda. Immediately following the attacks on the US, the Bush Administration took action and proposed a war on terror. This led to the discrimination of mainly people of Arab and Islamic descent. Although the attack was carried out by foreigners from another country, immigrants of those countries were blamed for the attacks. Although they didn't do anything wrong, hate and sorrow was directed towards them. Activists bonded together to fight for the rights of these people because frankly, this discrimination just wasn't fair. I was surprised to see that this was a repeat in history. Reading this article about how even though these immigrants didn't do anything wrong, they were blamed and suspected for the terror that was inflicted on the US. This was similar to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were suspected of terrorism and relocated to containment camps despite there being no evidence of their involvement. The Japanese who lived in America were wrongly discriminated even though they didn't do anything wrong. This is extremely similar to what happened after 9/11 and the discrimination that was in the article. The US basically used the premise of a "War on Terror" in order to wrongly accuse people of color. I found this corruption in the US government appalling, especially since it has been repeated in history, not just by the US, but by other countries. I consider this problem a serious one that should be fixed by society or else the world will just burn down to flames in the name of peace.
What measures on terrorism and discrimination should be taken in order for the world to change for the better?
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