“'Society' in America means all the honest, kindly-mannered, pleasant- voiced women, and all the good, brave, unassuming men, between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Each of these has a free pass in every city and village, 'good for this generation only,' and it depends on each to make use of this pass or not as it may happen to suit his or her fancy.”
-Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918), U.S. historian
America has the Statue of Liberty to symbolize what America stands for; to enlighten mankind the idea of freedom and equality that belongs to every single one of us. America
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
This message is imprinted on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. This was presented to us by the people of France in honor of their friendship. Our country is a country of freedom. We give freedom to those who bore chains and were held captive against their own will or they were in confinement. Freedom is having political or national liberty, having the freedom to express yourself, your religion, and your opinions without government interference. This is made possible by the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution.
Now, think about it, what category does the Islamic faith fall into? Religion. We all have freedom, including the people who were not born here. They came here to express themselves, they came to practice their religion, and they came here to be free, to become an American. Shouldn’t we be honored to have people that want to live in a country that had the privilege to become the first free country? We are being looked-up to.
There is no reason to be outraged against ALL Islamic people just for the faulty of a group of Islamic humans. They are not all the same. Understand that all people are different whether they come from the same religion or not. I am completely different from another Mexican girl or another Christian person. I absolutely hate bell peppers; does that mean the people who love them are going to hate me? No. What has our world come to? Ask yourself, are you contributing? For one thing, it is right and wrong that the Islamic people decide to build a mosque at the site of Ground Zero.
I made my point in saying that everyone has the right to express their religion in America, yet we put a barrier to those who hurt us. If, let’s say, a Christian church decides to build their building at Ground Zero, do you think that debates, protests, fiery comments, hate crimes, and all this controversy, given toward the Muslim’s decision, would be the same? I don’t. The foundation of America’s faith was built upon Christianity, so, because Christianity is a part of America, there is nothing wrong with having a church at OUR territory.
Most Muslim people are from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and all those other Middle Eastern countries; we often assume that everyone who comes from the East are Muslim. That is not true, there are people from the Middle Eastern who maybe Christians, Buddhists or Jews, but they are, also, African Americans, Caucasians, Mexicans and Asians that practice the Islamic faith. However, no one thinks about that, until the black man becomes President, right? So what if Obama is Muslim, he had nothing to do with the crashing of the plane in 9/11. He was just an AMERICAN CITIZEN living his life with his family in Chicago, Illinois just like the rest of us. He is our President. We need to respect those in higher authority, those who have our country at the palm of their hands; show respect to those who deserve it, show it to those who don’t and to those who are willing to sacrifice. That’s the best advice my mom has ever given me.
For example, Terry Jones, a Florida Christian pastor who decides that burning the Quran is the right thing to do the day of 9/11. Obviously, this pastor is moving by his own judgment, but who am I to judge? I just know that he should not claim that, that is what God will do; even those who are not all religious know that God would not do that. I do, however, respect his opinion. I respect him. Although, I do not agree what he believes is right, I, still, will listen to what he has to say. I will allow myself to be open-minded to those who believe in something different than I do. I will allow them the chance to change my mind, if I believe it is worth changing.
Like the topic of immigration. I strongly agree with the fact that, immigrants should be allowed to stay in America because they have more opportunities here and they want to better themselves for the good of their family. They made a decision that they want to change their lives around and take the jobs no one else will take just to keep their family and life together. However, I know I need to be open-minded and take in consideration the opinions that oppose the idea of immigration which are interesting rebuttals to my point of view. Immigrants’ coming to the United States means more opportunities for terrorists, drug dealers and other criminals to enter the country. We are trying to be a well-disciplined country. A country that knows how to behave and know what is right from wrong. Having more crimes present in America will not help our goal.
Just know racism is not the answer.
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