In Sunaina Marr Maira, The 9/11 Generation: Youth, Rights, and Solidarity in the War on the Terror, is an ethnographic study of youth organizations and solidarity to understand the mobilization of Muslim youth in different communities in the Bay Area. After 9/11, many Muslim, Arabs, and South Asians increased in partaking in political subjectivity and orientation related to Islamophobia, global politics in the Middle East, and US policies. Many Muslim students took part in youth organizations as according to Sabina, a young Indian American in Santa Clara, states “After 9/11, our narrative became hijacked … We cannot rely on the concepts, opinions, and stories of oppressor. Our narrative is to fight against colonialism and oppression” (74, Maira).
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Since 9/11 the Muslim communities have been subject to harassment and racism through racial profiling, discrimination in workplaces, threats, assaults targeting anyone affiliated with the Muslim culture. They were also a fear in different communities (Muslims, Arab Americans, Sikhs, and South Asians) of raising their voice due to a lack of cooperation by government officials such as the FBI and local authorities who were gathering data and using surveillance to capture those who were a threat. In Nadine Naber, Rules of Forced Engagement depicts the terrifying situations Muslim communities and Arabs were faced with after 9/11 from hate crimes to implementing fear from different forms of backlash. For example, in the San Francisco community, The Tenderloin, according to Naber, Muslim Arabs have had fear implemented …show more content…
In the conflict of Palestine-Israel, Muslim organizations created Palestine solidarity movements to protest against the US support of Israel occupation and military units that are killing hundreds of civilians and violate human rights. Arabs describe the Israel-Palestine conflict as the main issue pertaining to Muslims integration in society, as Muslims who support Palestine are viewed as “Bad” Muslims meaning they are looked as extreme radicals who are anti-American, anti-Semitic, and terrorist sympathizers. Arab Americans take part in left-wing politics such as equality and fight for civil rights and against apartheid in Palestine. However, they are subjected to censorship due to intimidation of American patriotism who view them as inferior limiting their freedom of speech. Going on, the main goal Muslim youth have is resistance against US imperialism meaning the United States goal for last decade has been to implement democratic peace in countries believed to have a lack of government, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Pakistan. Muslims argue that the United States use the term “democracy” as means of justification for self-defense and implementation of acts of violence, surveillance, and drone warfare these specific countries. This leads to the question of hypocrisy where during the Cold War, the United
Since 9/11 the Muslim communities have been subject to harassment and racism through racial profiling, discrimination in workplaces, threats, assaults targeting anyone affiliated with the Muslim culture. They were also a fear in different communities (Muslims, Arab Americans, Sikhs, and South Asians) of raising their voice due to a lack of cooperation by government officials such as the FBI and local authorities who were gathering data and using surveillance to capture those who were a threat. In Nadine Naber, Rules of Forced Engagement depicts the terrifying situations Muslim communities and Arabs were faced with after 9/11 from hate crimes to implementing fear from different forms of backlash. For example, in the San Francisco community, The Tenderloin, according to Naber, Muslim Arabs have had fear implemented …show more content…
In the conflict of Palestine-Israel, Muslim organizations created Palestine solidarity movements to protest against the US support of Israel occupation and military units that are killing hundreds of civilians and violate human rights. Arabs describe the Israel-Palestine conflict as the main issue pertaining to Muslims integration in society, as Muslims who support Palestine are viewed as “Bad” Muslims meaning they are looked as extreme radicals who are anti-American, anti-Semitic, and terrorist sympathizers. Arab Americans take part in left-wing politics such as equality and fight for civil rights and against apartheid in Palestine. However, they are subjected to censorship due to intimidation of American patriotism who view them as inferior limiting their freedom of speech. Going on, the main goal Muslim youth have is resistance against US imperialism meaning the United States goal for last decade has been to implement democratic peace in countries believed to have a lack of government, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Pakistan. Muslims argue that the United States use the term “democracy” as means of justification for self-defense and implementation of acts of violence, surveillance, and drone warfare these specific countries. This leads to the question of hypocrisy where during the Cold War, the United