To Any Would-Be Terrorists By Naomi Shihab Nye

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Racism has been a problem for many years. Although many people have tried to change the way we see each other, there is still strong racism in our world today. Middle easterners handle a form of racism that has adapted onto them because of actions made by terrorists groups from their homelands. For someone being brood on an idea is just unfair and has no meaning at all. Race is entirely made up, for there are no genes in the human genome that state race. In the article “To Any Would-Be Terrorists” Naomi Shihab Nye discusses the racial issues dealt by muslims, Arabs and middle easterners in general. People should not be beleaguered because of a group from their religion has imbued fear into you. Not all middle easterners are muslim, and more …show more content…

Nye states “I am humble in my country’s pain and I am furious.” (169) Nye feels as if her country has let her down showing the world terror, yet she knows her country is full of good neighbors. People see middle easterners as the enemy causing more pain in our own country then their needs to be. Racism affects many and it seems that everyone is a bit racist. The smallest little things can affect the way we think and see the world. Your parents are a great influence on how you think critically. Nye talks about her father and states “there is no one like him and there are thousands like him - gentle arab daddies who make everyone laugh around the dinner table,...” (169). This shows how one views their family as the people they make judgements based from and how they perceive the world around them. Your parents have the most influence on you because they raise you teaching you how to live. If your parents teach you hatred toward a certain race, that is not normal, that is creating racism. If you are grown up hating a certain ethnicity, religion, or country then there just is no changing that person 's

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