How 9/11 Changed My Culture Essay

No matter what time you live in, there will be a cultural revolution that will change the way you, and others around you live their lives. A major one in my life time is the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. I don’t think I’d be going too far if I said it not only effected our culture, but many cultures around the world. In this paper, I will talk about how this event changed the life of my mother and my supervisor. I asked my mom how September 11th affected her, our military, our country, and the world. She talked about how since the attack, America’s security has gone up along with its surveillance. The first thing she brought up was how security at airports has gotten much crazier. She also said that she understands why, but she …show more content…
I actually verified this with a little research. “According to the Department of Homeland Security’s Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, there were roughly 200,000 annual deportations a year between 1999 and 2001. While that number dropped slightly in 2002, it began to steadily climb the following year. In the first two years of the Obama Administration (2009 – 2010), deportations hit a record high: nearly 400,000 annually.” (Green, n.d.) Next, I asked my supervisor the exact same question I asked my supervisor. He joined in 2003 and said it probably around 80 percent because of September 11th. He talked about how since the attack more of the people he knows have deployed, he also told me that he has deployed three times. He and my mom agreed that there was an increase of people enlisting after September 11th. He noticed a lot more of his friends talking about joining after the attack. I was surprised that the both mentioned deportation as being a global change that has happened because of September 11th. It may also be because the news has been covering it recently though. I asked him if he thought that might be why both of them mentioned it as the main change and he thought that was probably