Many others can relate to the type of discrimination Changez faced in America after 9/11 which can end up having lasting effects on an individual.īyng, Michelle D. He also feels increasingly unpopular at his place of work and disliked by his community throughout the book. Similarly, in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Changez faces discrimination and racism after the attacks in which he ends up supporting anti-American theories as an outcome. This is something that is more challenging to define as discrimination because America’s patriotism as a concept is not racist or discriminatory per say, but it can lead to people feeling left out and segregated. Although patriotism is not derived from xenophobia, there is a relationship between the two in which xenophobia can be the result of patriotism, for example, phrases like “if you don’t like America, go back to where you came from” (Salaita 10). Many felt as if they were not allowed to join in on the country’s unity because they wouldn’t be accepted as an American. Discrimination happens in a multitude of ways and can vary from verbal assault to physical brutality, or even hate stares (Byng 664).Īnother outcome of the 9/11 attacks was an increase in American patriotism, which left many Muslims feeling excluded. This is just one example of the many instances of racism and discrimination that has happened among Muslims since the attacks. She was confused, afraid and most of all upset by this (Mariam 1). Twenty years later the little girl at the time, Sahana Hanif, still recalls how she felt when it happened.
A few weeks after the attacks, two young girls were walking in Brooklyn, NY when a car passed by them, rolled down their window, and yelled “terrorist!” at them. This led many of these individual’s experiencing it to have negative views about America. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, outward racism and discrimination towards Muslims and people from the middle east began to arise.
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