Thursday, October 20, 2011

Impact of violence

American culture is affected by war and violence because it begins to cause many American people to be prejudice toward certain races. I think that after the September 11 attacks that many people became stereotypical of Muslims, or anyone who they thought may look like a terrorist. This can cause the children to grow up thinking that all Muslims are bad and shouldn’t be trusted. In this case it could cause many problems for American culture. I believe it does affect our behavior because for me anyways for a short time it changed my thoughts and how I viewed Muslims. It obviously didn’t last forever, but it was still impactful.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148619504000700

This article told about the terrorist attacks and the affect they had on the airlines in the US. Basically the trust in american culture got very low, not only for muslims, but for everyone who wanted to fly. Airport seccurity rose extremely and they got more strict on what you could or couldn't bring onto a plane. Some people even get pulled aside now for just looking suspicious and they are given a patdown check. We are unable to trust people anymore because there are too many bad people out there so that is why preventions are taken to control terrorism.

5 comments:

  1. I completely agree Mr. Ehrhardt. It is unfortunate that we have to treat "suspicious" people differently, but in reality, we need to take these precautions regardless of looking suspicious or not. Although airline checks are tedious, they are necessary, and I believe that after the brutal attacks during 9/11, we need to be more careful. It is as a result of the awful event that I feel safer flying.

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  2. This is an unfortunate truth about war, it's that we begin to question the motives of people who are different. Any time a war starts the the people of the nation we are fighting against become acceptable targets for prejudice and other unfounded hostilities.

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  3. Kyle,
    Your Link has great information that explains that the airline industry has suffered because of the attacks. I know from experience that I would avoid flying since the attacks just because of the extra security measures alone. It is hard to get two age 3 and age 2 boys through the security system, and get their shoes off, put them in the tray, and then put shoes back on them. I also had to run my stroller through every time, so they just wanted to run around. I was afraid they would get me into trouble by walking away when I was multitasking all of that. A huge pain in the butt that I am happy to avoid.

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  5. After 9/11 airlines did became greatly stricter and i think that is for our safety. They werent as strict before 9/11 and see what happened. Some airlines do take their precautions over board but i think being more careful isnt bad. Also it is very sad how there was and still is to this day a negative connotation with muslims. Kids who are muslims would be bullied just going to school because of the religion they practice. It has got better as time passed but still to this day there is a negative stereotype.

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