Period 9 #1
I am ok, and I just accept the “sampling error” that Tim Wise speaks about. Even though far more terrorists in this country are white, we let 19 Arab men stand for the entire 700 million Arab population or the 1.5 BILLION Muslim population.
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I completely disagree with that comment. It is unpractical, disrespective, and ridiculous.
i do not understand this post.
its easier to discriminate against them because they are easier to pick out
This is not ok and very ignorant
It is sad but however thsi si the truth. Because 19 people choose to do destructive and bad acts, the rest of a population is forced to pay their price.
this just shows how quick people are to judge. And our lack of knowledge for other cultures
I think that it is horrible that we let a few people in a certain sect of society dictate what the whole group of people is stereotyped as.
This explains completely how white people are more privileged. A different race is doing something bad, and we don't even look at our own faults.
first of all it is not only 19 Arabs. There was only 19 for that attack..in the world there are FAR more than 19 arab terrorists in the world
It is wrong that Americans view Muslims as probable terrorists, and that is something that needs to change. An example of this is seen in the mosque at ground zero, and how Americans believe it would serve as a terrorist front.
I don't think that it's okay to stereotype people that way. However people tend to group muslims and arabs together, and i think that it's important that we know that there is an organization called Hamas out there made up of muslim terrorist groups. There isn't a well known terrorist group made up of white people so i think that there is some validity to that statement.
I don't think that everyone personally blames the entire population of muslims or arabs for the 9/11 attack. I think that a lot of ignorant people do, but when has their opinion ever mattered.
i dont accept the error at all.. but i never thought about it that way
Expo...how can you even say something so insensitive?
dont really get it
9bear
No this not ok, and very wrong. I am offended that you would even say something like that. We should judge people on their individual choices not the choices of other people.
I am not ok with this. To me this is disrepectfull.
White people didnt make anything up....they got all this from previous events that have occured. not to mention white people also get screened at airports yet you dont hear any of them complaining about racial discrimination
I disagree with the statement. How can 19 men set the stereotype for everyone else in their race or culture. I think it's very unpractical and very dumb.
@9ace why do you disagree
oooooo. i get it. That statement is false. at least, I do not accept it. I believe and know of the white and arab terrorists in america, but that is how america sterotypes.
Most of the people in this country are white and if we decide to put the blame on white people, then they would be the ones who have to be persecuted and no one wants that so the majority tries to put the blame on whoever else they can.
@Slaughtehouse
Isn't it horrible that our world does that to a group the second one steps out of line? I couldnt agree more
I am not ok with the sampling error. In our society we put down minorities for whatever reason. How is that fair to the rest of the Arab population? Which is why I liked the other example Wise gave with the family planning facility bombings, there where a lot more then 17.
"Anonymous said...
first of all it is not only 19 Arabs. There was only 19 for that attack..in the world there are FAR more than 19 arab terrorists in the world"
Really? Have you gone out there and counted them?
there should be more awareness of that fact alone. I had no idea whites out numbered arabs in this category
I think it is unfair that we blame the minority groups of our nation for many of the tragedies that occur in America. We hold on to this judgement simply because is easy to target the "weaker" man.
@slaughterhouse most people haven't had the opportunity to experience other cultures so it's not neccesarily their fault. I do think that as an individual we should all try and become more knowledgeable of others, but its not always so easy to do.
everyone is responsible for what he or she does,no matter which race does the most everyone eventually does something that is wrong whether minor or severe.
We should judge people on their individual choices, not the choices of others. We discriminate against people, because we think we know them. However we don't
I think its wrong that our country discriminates against a whole group of people due to the actions of 19 people.
9thekid I agree with you I think a big reason why we blame the whole race is because they were so secretive about the attacks so we assume everyone else is hiding something.
@thekid thats true but for most part some is to blame
Reminds me how the Japanese Americans were interned in camps during WWII but German Americans were mostly left alone - what about that?? Pretty racist!!!!
@9prettyboiswagg
Basically what is says is 19 Arab men did something bad so now the 700 million Arab population look bad.
Ace
I am not saying this is right at all, I am saying that it is wrong to judge people on other people's actions
No one says aynone made it up... it is true that 19 people did something terrible but it still doesnt make it alright to say that an entire race is guilty or that they deserve to be discriminated against
I think that anonymous is completely correct! and Mr. phillips, we have counted them!
@ mr.phillips
turn on the news from time to time. you might hear a thing or two about it... every now and then
expo I'm pretty sure that does not make sense. those 19 did make it hard for the rest, you should feel bad for the rest
So agree with lady gaga - totally white privilege
@mrphillips around 10% of the muslim population is considered extremists by other muslims, which would mean that 1.5 million of them are extremists or in other words would do something we consider to be a terrorist attack.
at 9superman, the kkk is a white terrorist group that is founded on religious believes, we are not searching for them and declaring war on them even though they are in our own country.
@9hamster
I think that is true. We can't blame ourselves for everything!! but thats why it is so easy for many people to blame other minority goups, simpy because there are not enough of them to stand up and show the world that that group is not completely full of terrorists or what have you.
9sonkin
Agreed
@9thekiddomo its just saying that people are ignorant for being so hateful towards the few Arab terrorists that have been caught in america while there are other people that are citizens in america like me and you and other races, and people think nothing of it. smh
this is a question for everyone. who/what is the fact you think of when you hear the word terrorism?
@prettyboiswagg why dont u accept this statement?
@expo I completely disagree with your statement. For people to judge a whole group of 700 million due to the actions of 19 is extremely ignorant and wrongful.
Hey Superman, what about the WHITE mafia?
I agree with this comment completely because if this wasn't true then why do we check Arabs at airports far more than we do others? If this is a routine for safety then everyone should be "checked" the same way that the Arabs do.
the only thing about it is that the country is ran by whites therefore whites are not going to stereotype other whites.. white men arent going to mark themselves with the stigma as a terrorist.. so it is wrong but i honestly can not blame them
This has happened before in history....different people but same situation
@expo I completely disagree with your statement. For people to judge a whole group of 700 million due to the actions of 19 is extremely ignorant and wrongful.
@Expo355, Well if that's the case then how come we don't discriminate to more the white people even though there are more white terrorist in this country than the Arabs and Muslim?
@expo I completely disagree with your statement. For people to judge a whole group of 700 million due to the actions of 19 is extremely ignorant and wrongful.
@expo I completely disagree with your statement. For people to judge a whole group of 700 million due to the actions of 19 is extremely ignorant and wrongful.
I bet if Americans bombed another country like they did to us on 9/11, they would consider a lot of Americans as terrorists. Their country would probably think the exact same as some people in our country do about the terrorists.
Expo: You are willing and supportive of the MANY persecuting the view??
@expo I completely disagree with your statement. For people to judge a whole group of 700 million due to the actions of 19 is extremely ignorant and wrongful.
@expo I completely disagree with your statement. For people to judge a whole group of 700 million due to the actions of 19 is extremely ignorant and wrongful.
@expo I completely disagree with your statement. For people to judge a whole group of 700 million due to the actions of 19 is extremely ignorant and wrongful.
9MAG I completely agree. We take advantage of minorities by blaming things like this on them
@9bear yes, you are completely right it is easier to pick up on their specific race but it doesn's mean that they're are automatically guilty of doing something wrong just because they look suspicious.
slaughterhouse why are u asking questions?
@9819Dynamite65
Good way to put it.
to discriminate a whole group of people is clearly wrong..and without context. but you have to know all the facts to have a legitimate conversation about this topic..without all the facts we are having an ignorant conversation.
9sonkin
No No I mean it is wrong to discriminate a whole group of 700 million due to the actions of 19
When I said I agree, I meant that I agree with you that it is wrong
also i think this has alot to do with the times we are in. Because there was a time in this country where when someone said the word "enemy" we instantly thought of the Japaneses
Um excuse me we DID bomb people? are you forgetting we bombed the Japanese? If they dont disciminate against all of us, we most certainly can be open minded towards Arabs
@9ashbash i agree!!
@prettyboiswagg okay thanks..I also thing just beacause of some individuals mistakes it shouldnt make or leave a judgement on the the hole group
@9ashbass
Its easy, because it only takes one event or one person to shape the entire race or picture of that group or nation. Look at the three mile island incident where there was a small radiaiton leak. that one incident was the keymark date in which nuclear power began to be frowned upon in the world, along with Chernobyl. That is the sme with people
Um excuse me we DID bomb people? are you forgetting we bombed the Japanese? If they dont disciminate against all of us, we most certainly can be open minded towards Arabs
Whoever said that needs to learn history lol...they clearly do not see the implications involved in why we bombed the japs, it was needed
Ok let me clarify my postion. I think it is wrong that a population has to pay the price of the actions of 19 people.
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