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Originally posted by sistarisin
I can really empathize with what you're saying. I am not afraid to say that I will feel trepidation when flying, taking the subway, attending a large public event, etc. I do not; however, place that fear with a person of Arab American descent. On 9.11.01, my innocence was taken away from me. My trust in the freedoms that I was born with has been significantly reduced. This horrendous act was carried out by members of one race. The people that share this race will now,unfortunately, understand the racial profiling that is a way of life for us.
If institutions, authority figures, security personnel, law enforcement agents are given permission to legally racially profile Arab Americans, where will it stop? Will we be excluded? I think not. Why? Because people who have racial hatred in their hearts will take advantage and use this as an excuse to victimize ALL ethnic groups.
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While I to understand where you are coming from, please understand me when I say if we do not take this percaution and check them ALL then how will our safety be granted. I, personally, don't think it was racial profiling as much as I think it was a percautionary action. Take a moment and think about this, what if they did not remove those persons and they hijacked that plane, then everyone would critisize the airline for not checking them and we would blame the airline for being careless, in light of what just happend.
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