Chapter Reflection – Chapter Four – “Race, Power, and Prisons Since 9/11”
Metro State College, Denver – March 1, 2002 A brief synopsis of Chapter Four discusses how nationalism plays a major role in forming tight borders around a community. These borders are filled with segregations that are at the central part of each community. Moreover, sexuality and gender are key terms involved in the mobilization of militaristic which will protect the nation from its enemies. Additionally, it was interesting to read how many people were involved in the anti-prison movement for decades.
Osama bin Laden is on the communities’ minds, because when thought of evil, they would say his name concerning the war on terror.
Also, in the McCarthy-era Americans feared everything related to communism, and they associated this with evil. Another turning point for Americans was the USA PATRIOT Act authoritarian provisions that are broken down to mean the surveillance, detention, deportation and the intentional “curtailment of civil liberties”. Besides, immigration and racism in America is a becoming more like xenophobia. This phobia brings fear to many Americans. Lastly, the …show more content…
Also, after the attack most New Yorker went in search of a Twin Towers picture for a souvenir to keep or to keep the memory alive. This article was chosen because, I wish that I could forget September 11 even though we are in 2017; my memory is like it was yesterday. Moreover, this article suggests that disparagement of the phenomenon of forgetting coincides with the traditional view of it as a disturbing disablement of memory”. Most New Yorker in the study talked about wanting to feel the pain and sorrow in what they experienced on September 11. Finally, these emotions pushed the peace activists, which was instrumental in them having a “political rallying cry for pro-war
Metro State College, Denver – March 1, 2002 A brief synopsis of Chapter Four discusses how nationalism plays a major role in forming tight borders around a community. These borders are filled with segregations that are at the central part of each community. Moreover, sexuality and gender are key terms involved in the mobilization of militaristic which will protect the nation from its enemies. Additionally, it was interesting to read how many people were involved in the anti-prison movement for decades.
Osama bin Laden is on the communities’ minds, because when thought of evil, they would say his name concerning the war on terror.
Also, in the McCarthy-era Americans feared everything related to communism, and they associated this with evil. Another turning point for Americans was the USA PATRIOT Act authoritarian provisions that are broken down to mean the surveillance, detention, deportation and the intentional “curtailment of civil liberties”. Besides, immigration and racism in America is a becoming more like xenophobia. This phobia brings fear to many Americans. Lastly, the …show more content…
Also, after the attack most New Yorker went in search of a Twin Towers picture for a souvenir to keep or to keep the memory alive. This article was chosen because, I wish that I could forget September 11 even though we are in 2017; my memory is like it was yesterday. Moreover, this article suggests that disparagement of the phenomenon of forgetting coincides with the traditional view of it as a disturbing disablement of memory”. Most New Yorker in the study talked about wanting to feel the pain and sorrow in what they experienced on September 11. Finally, these emotions pushed the peace activists, which was instrumental in them having a “political rallying cry for pro-war