Face to Face Response

Fear

Anjum Mir does a great job of speaking about her fear in an unbiased manner. She expresses her fear for others' reactions to her and her child since they were Muslim. After 9/11, waiting a week to go in public with her child was necessary in lots of ways. She understood that she should not put her child in a position where he should be discriminated against at a young and innocent age. She was understanding to the natural reaction from Americans, which is a big part of overcoming her fear. Although our country should not be this way, it is. All Americans are just that, and to be discriminated against for being different, especially being allowed by the constitution, is wrong.

Anger

Muslim-Americans have the right to be angry for many reasons. People from their country had attacked the U.S. in the name of Islam, which put out a bad reputation for many Muslims. Muslim-Americans these days are almost forced to validate themselves in a way to make them appear to be safe in the eyes of concerned Americans. It isn't fair to them since they had no part in what was going on. Although it's natural to wonder "what if," it just isn't right. Americans have a right to want to defend their homeland, but we should also open our eyes and recognize that just because someone comes from a certain place or heritage, doesn't mean that they have the same negative intentions as their ancestors.