American_Attitudes_about_September_11th

American Attitudes about September 11th Osama Bin Ladin had more than just a plan to harm United States Citizens when he had the world trade centers bombed. He had a grudge with the whole way of life that Americans led. He was disgruntled about our economic strength, our cultural acceptances, and the "materialistic" way of life we led. He thought that by bringing down the world trade centers, our symbol of everything good about America, that he would destroy our lives. However, the opposite effect was produced. The country came together in a wave of patriotism and heroism. Granted, some racism took place against Arab Americans, but for the most part, the whole country came together in a moment that would change lives not only in America, but all over the world. Racism, as defined by Schaefer, is “a doctrine that one race is superior.” (Schaefer, pg. 506) When the world trade center came down, and the entire country came to a halt and gasped, we realized that the world suddenly changed. We saw scenes of people suffering, dying, and crying out for loved ones, and the heart of America sobbed for them. Everyone in America today, 911, people, world, laden, country, bin, americans, schaefer, even, american, america, about, whole, together, lost, came, wrong, trade, realized, pg, look, interest, economy, completely, citizens, been, because, arab, able, way, today, thought, terrorist, spend, shown, september, seen, rates, racism, racial, pay, patriotism, part, out, ones, one, new, nation, much, money, moment