A Caucasian privileged person, who was born in the United States, is considered a stereotypical “American”. If a person looks tan and has black hair then “Americans” assume they are immigrants and because they are not the stereotypical white person than they automatically assume they are not an “American”. The stereotypical white person is someone that is tall, blond, has money, blue eyed individual that strongly believe in the second amendment of the United States Constitution. In America, we believe in the free of speech and that we can freely practice any religion we want because America is free country. However, after the terrorist attacks that happened on September 11, 2001 this country changed forever. The purpose of this paper is explain
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It is very unfortunate that these Individuals that practice Sikhism fled from India because violence and discrimination they faced there and now because of the horrible acts of others that were not Sikhs, they have to endure discrimination in the land of the free also. Also because in this country the majority are Christians and because of the past conflict with Individuals that are from the middle east or that look middle easterners, certain Americans believe people they should not be allowed to practice their religion here in the United States. This is wrong due to the fact that if these individuals are United States citizens, then they should be allowed to practice their religion due to the fact that we can exercise the first …show more content…
Hate-crimes increased towards Individuals that looked Arab or Muslim but many were actually Sikhs and were discriminated based on how they dressed. There needs to be acceptance of religious pluralism in order to improve this situation and end hate-crimes against Sikhs. “In the last two decades the scholarly literature on Sikhism has grown steadily, and the mistake notion that Sikhism represents a synthesis of Hindu and Muslim ideas has been almost entirely abandoned” (Oxtoby, Segal 468). Individuals from different race, ethnicity, and religion must learn to live together harmoniously if they want to make this country one nation
It is very unfortunate that these Individuals that practice Sikhism fled from India because violence and discrimination they faced there and now because of the horrible acts of others that were not Sikhs, they have to endure discrimination in the land of the free also. Also because in this country the majority are Christians and because of the past conflict with Individuals that are from the middle east or that look middle easterners, certain Americans believe people they should not be allowed to practice their religion here in the United States. This is wrong due to the fact that if these individuals are United States citizens, then they should be allowed to practice their religion due to the fact that we can exercise the first …show more content…
Hate-crimes increased towards Individuals that looked Arab or Muslim but many were actually Sikhs and were discriminated based on how they dressed. There needs to be acceptance of religious pluralism in order to improve this situation and end hate-crimes against Sikhs. “In the last two decades the scholarly literature on Sikhism has grown steadily, and the mistake notion that Sikhism represents a synthesis of Hindu and Muslim ideas has been almost entirely abandoned” (Oxtoby, Segal 468). Individuals from different race, ethnicity, and religion must learn to live together harmoniously if they want to make this country one nation