The attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th are a significant episode that most people are inclined to make an unadulterated association to their own personal life. Anyone can pretty much tell you where they were or what they were doing when the terrorist attacks occurred. It is something that no one will ever forget because of the shady theories surrounding it and the many unanswered questions as to why it happened the way it did. Most of the concrete consequences that have taken hold are the amplified subjects of racial profiling, harsher methods for people entering and leaving airports, and the increased patriotism amongst citizens living in the United States.
One of the foremost not-so-shocking consequences that have unusually become a trend in today’s society as a result of the events of September 11th is the issue of racial profiling. Racial profiling is the unjust method used by certain police officials to gather suspects for a variety of crimes; it is used to target certain individuals based on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion (“Racial Profiling”). Citizens and authorities alike have developed an attitude towards people from the Middle East. When a person sees a Middle Eastern male enter a plane before it takes flight, people usually began to feel extreme paranoia. Since we are assuming that the attacks on the World Trade Center in 1993 and 2001 were both done by the same nationality, citizens have established the mindset that all Middle Eastern individuals are inevitably terrorists. It is true that both masterminds for each of the attacks were of Middle Eastern descent. However, the paranoia is not rational; it is only rooted in an irrational fear birthed out of ignorance. The only conclusion that can be drawn is that people are profiling every Middle Eastern citizen or visitor based on the misdeeds of a small group of men. Most people usually base the attitude and personality off one person with questionable intent of a certain racial group. The method that is used by most public officials to check for potential terrorists is discriminatory, at best. The officials may pay more attention to a Middle Eastern male before allowing him to board a plane before setting their sights on a Caucasian male. Sadly, Arab and Muslim citizens were also targeted in shopping malls as they were assumed to be Middle Eastern (Threat and Humiliation). There have been reports stating that law enforcement officials immediately began numerous investigations into Middle Eastern males who recently entered the U.S. in the last two years following the wake of September 11th. Aside from the blatant invasion of privacy, aforementioned law enforcement officials only investigated these individuals based on their nationality and race. With this being said, they only targeted Middle Eastern individuals instead of looking deeper into the background of the suicide attacks that hijacked the planes. If this continues on, U.S. citizens will...
