Re:Instagram Morphs into an Information Powerhouse
by klyrs on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:57PM
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> ...some exogenous event happens like 9/11 and the country can unify against external enemies rather than internal ones.
That never happened. Muslim and Sikh Americans, and anybody who could mistakenly pass for them, north African or middle eastern, were treated as internal enemies by the government, its private contractors and by "fellow" american citizens. If you felt unity in that moment, then I surmise that islamaphobia didn't impact your friends and family. I did not experience a unified country after 9/11.
That never happened. Muslim and Sikh Americans, and anybody who could mistakenly pass for them, north African or middle eastern, were treated as internal enemies by the government, its private contractors and by "fellow" american citizens. If you felt unity in that moment, then I surmise that islamaphobia didn't impact your friends and family. I did not experience a unified country after 9/11.