So Our History Doesn’t Become Your Future – Nadine C. Naber

Herman Sok
Section 001
Week 2

                Living on the safe soil of the U.S., we do not typically think about the affects of the foreign affairs and wars. In the piece “So our history doesn’t become your future”, Nadine C. Naber exposes the domestic and foreign consequences of the recent imperialistic agenda of the United States. Post September 11^th, Naber shows that the Bush Administration executed imperialistic policies for the “war on terror”; with “justification”, military intervention is increased on foreign nations. These military actions by the U.S. cause displacements of families from their homeland. This consequence causes me to rethink why my family immigrated to America.

Naber also reveals that the effects of the imperialistic policies are found domestically as well. Arab and Muslim families in America, with or without U.S. citizenship, are discriminated against, detained, and even deported. Coalitions and activists in turn struggle to fight for the rights of these people. Additionally, they also fought to limit the military intervention of the U.S. on their homeland. I wonder if my family had to endure a similar response after they first immigrated from war. Both American foreign presence and resulting suffering is inevitable. As Naber suggests, communities should work together to help one another because it is uncertain if another U.S. influenced war will affect another group of individuals.

To what end will America continue its imperialistic policies and at what cost? Who will be affected?