September 11, 2001, a day that will live in infamy in American's hearts forever, a tragic moment in time where the World Trade Center fell to its' ruins and the Pentagon, a symbol of the American government was partially destroyed. The culprits, about twenty men of Arab descent who were Muslims involved in the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden. All of our hearts were affected by these tragedies, but one group in particular was hit harder than any group in our society, Arab Americans, alienated by one hostile act. With the uprising of patriotism in the days after the attacks, many Americans distanced themselves from this group of people, always becoming more aware of them and their actions, and in extreme circumstances persecuting them. Immediately after another attack, the attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, another group of people was shun as an outcast of society, 120,000 Japanese Americans, as a result of the upsurge of patriotism. Their punishment was more extreme though, almost four years in an internment camp. Will Americans ever learn from histories many lessons?

Many Arab Americans are finding themselves victimized by the September 11th

Peter Jennings of ABC News referred to patriotism as "that dangerous elixir" (Jennings).

of patriotism from school. And if all else failed you could get a sense of patriotism from the popular culture. The

is and what she represents in the long history of the world? Those of us who are over 35 or so years of age grew

in the air, a love of country and an appreciation of its institutions. If you didn't get these things from your family

The surging patriotism today in many instances is that blind patriotism, one that has no true cause, just one erected in the heat of the moment. "Patriotism does have a danger - there is a sense of the absolute right of one nation over another. We have to be careful that [the sentiment of] 'my country right or wrong' doesn't prevail" (Galland).

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