Racial Profiling In The Middle East

Ever since the 9/11 attacks happened Muslims and the middle east became the center for hatred and fear. The American people believed that if they focused on observing, better yet “oppressing”, Muslims then they could prevent another terrorist attack. This led to a series of huge changes in the perceptions of Muslims, racial profiling, a large feeling of Islamophobia, or fear of Islamic people swept the nation, and it also led American-Muslims showing what they felt about the attacks and how they were affected, or attacked, as well. “9/11 was not just a tragedy, it was the beginning of a terrible chaos we are still suffering from in the Middle East.” (Obeidallah, 1). The attacks led to a huge wave of negative views of the middle east. After the attacks went down President Bush immediately reacted by sending troops into middle east to preemptively counter attack the terrorists. Which later led to wars within the countries themselves; enhancing the American’s views that all middle easterners are barbaric terrorists that want nothing more but world violence. The 2001 failed shoe bomb attempt was a failed bombing attempt that occurred on December 22, 2001, on American Airlines Flight 63. (Wikipedia, 1). …show more content…
Racial profiling is an ugly business… but I’m not opposed to allowing-no requiring- airlines to pay closer attention to passengers who fit a terrorist profile, which includes national origin (Chavez, 563). The author is trying to state that it’s alright to profile racially only up to a certain point if government officials are doing it to keep everyone safe and not just their own race safe. The author justifies racial profiling by bringing in an anecdote from when she was in an airport saying that when she was at an airport she was subjected to a little scrutiny and she was OK with that because she understood the reason why since she knew that women were just as capable of being terrorists as men