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 Similarities
of WWII and Terrorist Attack
Violence
Against American Arabs
September
11
Patriotism
vs. Ethnic Pride
Hate
Crimes from Sept. 11
Memories
of Internment
Harassment
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Similarities
of WWII (Pearl Harbor)
and the Sept. 11, 2001 Attack
December 7, 1942 - Attack on Pearl
Harbor
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September 11, 2001 - Terrorist attack on the World
Trade Center and the Pentagon
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Like the bombing of Pearl
Harbor on December 7, 1942, the September 11, 2001 event
that occurred on America's soil, once again shook the lives
of almost every American citizen. Both these acts were those
of hatred towards the U.S. On the 7th of December, a naval
base in Hawaii, Pearl
Harbor, was bombed.
Then on September 11, 2001, 4 airplanes were hijacked by
terrorists and crashed into the World Trade Center in New
York. Because these happenings were caused by other
countries, many Americans felt afraid of people from these
countries.
During WWII, many Japanese Americans were placed under
arrest and sent to internment
camps after the
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Today, some people fear Muslim
and Arabic
Americans, and have even threatened and harmed them. But
they are all Americans, and like the Japanese-American 442nd
Regimental Combat Team of World War II, the Muslims
of America want to show their country that they are
American.
Troops are being sent to Afghanistan
to search for Taliban members such as Osama bin Laden
(suspected terrorist leader), and to try to prevent
terrorism. Back during WWII, American soldiers were fighting
the Germans, Nazis,
the Japanese, and the allies
of these countries.
click
here for a venn-diagram comparing Pearl harbor and Sept.
11
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