After reading these pages in the book Zeitoun I am furious with the reaction of the American Government and American people towards people of Middle Eastern decent. Zeitoun was taken captive solely on his looks. When he was arrested he was not in the process of committing a crime or had committed a crime in the past. The only cause of his arrest was his race and religion. This is what infuriates me about American society after 9/11 and the wars in Iraq, Americans have this belief that all Muslims are bad people, just because the KKK existed it does not mean that all white Christians are terrible people. It is a horrible injustice that many American Citizens are subjected too. Zeitoun is not even told what he is charged with, he gets ideas on the charges when he is referred to as al Quida and Taliban by racist soldiers. I am just very angry that in a time of need for Americans, the aid they are supposed to get is going towards arresting innocent Muslim men solely for being Muslim.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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