Within the United States another kind of trauma was unfolding after 9/11. Jennifer Bryan at Yale University discussed the cultural trauma experienced by the Muslim community in Jersey City after 9/11. Many of the Muslims she interviewed were actually from Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco. The Muslims reported raids on their homes and businesses; the FBI and Homeland Security arrested and questioned hundreds of Arabs from their Jersey City homes. Many employers were reluctant to hire Muslims and landlords imposed large increases in the rents that were being charged to Muslim tenants.
Bryan (2004) reported: “A puzzling coalition of non-Muslims from diverse ethnic groups including Italian Americans and African Americans who had shared a long history
Bryan (2004) reported: “A puzzling coalition of non-Muslims from diverse ethnic groups including Italian Americans and African Americans who had shared a long history