Ever since the 9/11 attacks on The World Trade Centers, a negative stigma has followed Middle Easterners. Because of the emphasis on the "Arabs" in the media since the attacks, all people of middle eastern decent are associated with terrorism and Islam.
The Islamic religion it self has a negative connotation in today's society, which is extremely offensive. Not only are all people of middle eastern decent associated with being Arabs, but they are also assumed to be Islamic, which is definitely not the case. There are many different middle eastern countries such as Iran, Libya, etc, and many other races and many people of different backgrounds who practice Islam.
In my opinion, the ignorance of the people in today's society is quite sad. Since the attacks, no middle easterner can go onto a flight without being looked at with suspicion, suspicion of being a "Muslim terrorist." This is very unjust and I believe that it is a direct impact of how the media has portrayed people of that region to the public. Along with portraying them incorrectly, the media also constantly shows all of the negative things involving them rather than progress and achievements made. For example, a few weeks ago, US agreed to aid Libya with 40 million dollars in their efforts to overthrow the dictatorship that currently runs their country. The problem is, no one would know this because everything taking over the news regarding "Arabs" are all of the negative things.
I definitely do not think that the Media depicts Arabs correctly and I really hope that I can turn on the news one day and see no ignorance.
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