Stereotypes In Today's Society

A normal day can turn into a tragedy and change millions of lives forever. That one day for Muslim across the United States was September 11, 2001. On this day, three thousand lives were taken by nineteen terrorist associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. Those nineteen militants hijacked four full airplanes. Three out of the four planes crashed into heavily populated areas. The fourth plane was taken back by the passengers and was crashed into an empty Pennsylvania field. Ever since then Muslims have become known as potential threats against the Western World. Muslims were stereotyped by their own friends and family.Threats and hate crimes towards Muslims arisen since then. Some of these hate crimes and threats include the Mosque fire in Austin, Texas, death threats made at a community meeting in Kernersville, North Carolina, and little girls having their hijab ripped off in Dunwoody, Georgia. Seventeen years later, you would think the stereotyping, threats, and hate crimes had stopped, but it only got worse. …show more content…
Stereotyping is the categorization of people. According to psychologist, humans stereotype because our brains are wired to do so. Stereotyping has been deeply embedded in America’s history since the beginning of time. An example would be the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in concentration camps. The US forced Japanese Americans into camps because of fear of spies for the Japanese government during World War two. Another example of American stereotyping would be the ones against African Americans during the civil rights movement. As of now, the stereotyping of Muslims is a problem.. From different researches, studies, and my personally experiences the two main stereotypes about Muslims in today's society are that all Muslims promote groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS, and Muslims do not believe in God and that