http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/26/nypd-keeps-files-on-muslims-who-change-their-names/
NYPD
If your name sounds Muslim the police will run a check on
you. This news says that the article
says Muslim people are changing their names to assimilate to America’s melting
pot (which sparks the idea that police should check the people in where they
been the last month and interactions to check that terrorist are not changing
their names). This is all good and
dandy. I thought this was the land of
freedom and pursuit of happiness, which refers to land, but the pursuit of
happiness exists. Yet, in this page, you
see that the NYPD is discriminating against Muslim’s and people who have names
that sound Muslim. The article says that police are checking
people who have Muslim names to stop terrorism.
This is saying that the NYPD thinks that these people are terrorist and
want to monitor them because of their name.
Thought this was very surprising
to here because the article said that the police are discriminating against
people and the reason is “Muslim’s are changing their names”. The article implies that the police has to
keep track of these individuals because they name suggest they could be a
potential terrorist. This is an attempt
to play up on the idea that Muslims are terrorists. The article says that these people did nothing
wrong but have the religion of Muslim or Islam and changing their name to
assimilate. I think this relates to
framing ( which is setting the stage that makes you think something that is not
true). The article is playing inception
by making a big deal out of the name change of the Muslim, people. Hopefully this will make you think that the Muslims
are changing their name to blend in then bomb us people. The framing is making people think that Muslim’s
want to bomb us when the really want to just be “normal” American with average American
names. In fact the article said that the
surname the people had is what they were trying to get away from, the stereotypes
of that surname. They don’t want the idea
that their terrorist, they want to have normal lives without the idea that they
want to hurt America. Muslim names say
they are terrorist, thats what they are trying to get away from.
While I obviously don’t agree with any form of discrimination, I am torn on this subject. I think this is similar to the TSA and their random screenings at the airport. If there is anything I want from the government, it is to keep me safe. I understand that not all terrorist are Muslim, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore what some of the bad Muslims have done in the past. If keeping track of suspicious behavior that has been done by previous suspects, such as a name change is what needs to be done by the NYPD, then so be it.
I feel that this is a very interesting topic. I feel that it is wrong to stereotype anybody for their religion. I feel that stereotyping has caused this country many problems in its past. I feel like this is very similar to what the United States did to the Japanese following the bombing of Pearl Harbor only not as extreme. Although I am not in favor of stereotyping Muslims, I feel that the United States needs to protect its citizens at all costs. I feel that terrorism is a huge threat to us and that we need to do everything we can to prevent another devastating terrorist attack from happening.
It is true that sometimes people judge others simply by their names which is quite unreasonable. It is rather unfair to be suspected just because you are a person with a Muslim name and all the rest people associate you with terrorism.
An interesting discussion is definitely worth comment.
There’s no doubt that that you ought to publish more on this topic, it may not be a taboo subject but
generally folks don’t discuss these issues.
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