September 11th was a tragedy for Americans all over the country. It has left us as Americans with strict suspicion upon foreign specifically against Muslims. People tend to generalize against Muslims because of their religion, but they can be wrong. Many Muslims have separated themselves from their country to live in freedom in America and are harmless. The American government can be over protective of their country and be extremely thorough upon searching for evidence of the next threat. Racial profiling is based on race, religion and background. Muslims in the USA should not be profiled by their race, they are profiled by their religion and separated from other races
Behzad Yaghmaiam is a professor at Ramapo College and he tells us his story about his experience with the American security. He gets mistaken for a Muslim terrorist and gets a thorough search from the policemen. He is a harmless American on his way home from a journey to connect himself to his culture. Feeling violated from his own country he was trembling while the police interrogated him and violated his private belongings.
“Not long after, I was on the road, looking for and collecting stories from those who had left their places of birth because of war, violence, and poverty, but found themselves –unlike me- endlessly outside of the gates of the new home of which they dream (Yaghmaiam 90). Yaghmaiam was not the only Muslim who was interrogated because of his religion; he had done some research about his race and how they dealt with the through search. Yaghmaiam found that many could not enter into the free city and were stuck outside living in poverty and war. Seeing this, Yaghmaiam realized he his lucky to be an American citizen. “They questioned me about my identity, activities, exchanges and purchases, friends, travels and above all whatever made me different from the men and woman allowed