{"id":4032,"date":"2020-11-09T17:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T22:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2020-11-09T17:42:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T22:42:12","slug":"blog-post-for-11-11-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/11\/09\/blog-post-for-11-11-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post for 11\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zinn\u2019s chapter on the 2000 election and the war on terrorism was eye opening once again on the horrors of our government system and terrorism. My first surprise was how Bush was elected. It\u2019s clear that Bush only won because of his advantage in the system. He had powerful people rooting for him that made it possible for him to win the Presidency. After the bombing of the World Trade Center, the fright of terrorism was high among Americans and it seems the response taken by the President to bomb Afganistan came out of that fear. This was just another instance in which the government acted almost too harshly, similar to Ford’s bombing of Cambodia. Although, the American citizens at home were much more aware of the cruel nature of things. I always thought the mentality among Americans after 9\/11 was revenge, but the way Zinn puts it, that does not seem to be true. Many people disagreed with Bush, \u201curging that he not match violence with violence\u201d (681). The view of the people was once again not in line with the government. The basis of democracy lies in the hand of the people, but with what we see in history, it seems as though the way the US has been run, it is often not so much of a democracy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, The Intercept article by Meriam Elba highlights how Islamophobia has been around long before 9\/11. The article was very informative and I gained a better understanding of the origins of Islamophobia and how it\u2019s still very apparent in the world today. Something that surprised me was the conversation about black Muslims and how they are rarely represented in the media. I didn\u2019t realize black Muslims make up a quarter of the Muslim population, and it\u2019s obvious there is a reason for that. The media and language used by them and the government has put an image in our minds of what a Muslim is supposed to look and act like. This framework has created this Islamophobia feeling amongst American people, which needs to be broken down. I also found it interesting how Elba talks about Trump’s role in Islamophobia, and the direct correlation he plays to the apparent spread of it. His very campaign of \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d focuses on white supremacy, which is the complete opposite of what the nation as a whole should be doing, when trying to dismantle racism. When the country is being told by the leaders of the country and the press certain things about groups of people, their ability to be persuaded is increasingly high. This shows how the citizens, the people, need to be the ones to say something, as Zinn\u2019s chapter showed before, democracy relies on the people, not the government.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zinn\u2019s chapter on the 2000 election and the war on terrorism was eye opening once again on the horrors of our government system and terrorism.…<\/p>\n

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