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Mary L. Dudziak is the editor of the book September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? As mentioned on her personal website, she received her Ph.D. in American Studies at Yale, she then moved to the University of Southern California Law School and is currently at Emory University, where she is Director of a new, interdisciplinary Project on War and Security in Law, Culture and Society. This book is a selection of nine essays with introductory and concluding chapters written by Ms. Dudziak herself. The book is part of the American Encounters/Global Interactions series that “aims to stimulate critical perspectives and fresh interpretive frameworks for scholarship on the history of the imposing global presence of the United States” (Dudziak, ii). These essays discuss the events of September 11, 2001, in a totally different perspective by analyzing them in a more broad aspect, in regards to history, politics, and culture.
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Volpp starts off by discussing the rise in a general view of the perceptions of racial profiling, hate crimes, and anti-American activities after September 11. What I understood from her points, was that the concept of “us” and “them” has become much different and more broad as the nation, as a whole, creates a new senses of identity which is very patriotic and multiracial. However, if a person appears to be "Middle Eastern, Arab, or Muslim" they then become the victim of national exclusions, even if that person is currently (at the time) a U.S. citizen. She states that the "postnational" era starts off with this new definition of a citizen which is, a person who is "Middle Eastern, Arab, or Muslim" is not welcome to join the American community no matter his/her status (Volpp).Regardless of their citizenship, they still do not bear the same rights as those who fit the description of a patriotic

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