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Last Tuesday’s bombings have been compared to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Indeed, the resemblance is uncanny. Both tragedies exposed the vulnerability of a supposed superpower. Both were followed by hate crimes toward innocent American citizens of a particular ethnic descent. After Pearl Harbor, 110,000 innocent Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps, imprisoned because they were suspected of being “saboteurs” and “spies...
...protecting democratic values will require more than the leadership of one new Cabinet official; it will require the participation of all Americans. Bush deserves praise for emphasizing that innocent Americans of the Muslim faith or of Arab or South Asian descent must not become targets of retaliation. In defending freedom and justice, we must ensure that we do not desecrate them on our own soil...
...tone was appropriately muted: the gathering concluded with the singing of “Dona nobis pacem,” a heartfelt hymn for peace at home and abroad. The most moving speeches were those condemning the acts of intolerance toward Muslims or those of Arab or South Asian descent. It would be a great shame if the horrific tragedy of Sept. 11 makes America an uglier place for citizens of any ethnicity or religion to live. Fortunately, all of our political leaders have echoed these sentiments, and anyone who has taken the time to discuss these acts has agreed...
Despite national leaders’ words of support and admonition against targeting Muslims, Tuesday’s events sparked widespread violence and prejudice against those of South Asian descent...
Elsewhere in the U.S., several apparent backlash attacks and threats have been reported against people of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent. In Mesa, Ariz., an Indian immigrant gas station owner was shot to death and a Lebanese-American clerk was targeted—but not injured—by gunfire at another gas station. In Seattle, an armed man was arrested after allegedly setting fire to a mosque...