Wednesday, March 5, 2008

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I was skimming through the artlicles today and found one title Ex-US sailor convicted of spying in the BBC section. This article talked about Hassan Abujihaad formely known as Paul Hall secretly fed navy information to islamic extremists. He was found guilty of the crime and was sentenced to jail for 25 years. But there is more to this issue then just treason behind this issue, he not only sterotyped all muslims in america but also mis used his power in the navy. What matters from this is trust and sterotyping. Hassan was in a position of power where he misused his knowledge to give terrorists information on navy ships. This makes america think that all muslims are trying to help Al Quadea. NBC has recently started a limited series called "What would you do?". In one of its episode it set up a situation where a clerk at a local food store would not serve a muslim women because of her ethenticity. Though they were actors the clerk was surprisingly racsit to the women. Many people saluted the clerk and called him American. One man even saluted the clerk. Though there were people who stood up for the women many more supported the clerk. It shows that we strerotype people too much and one man like Hassan can give muslims such a bad reputation.

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