memoir feb 20

When my mom was just a girl playing on the grassland of Inner Mongolia, her eyes got shot. Looking into the eyes of the girl he hated, the boy lunched a rock with surprising accuracy right into the girl’s left eye. My mother felt the sudden force pushing her backward and the numbing pain in her eye. Staring at the boy who shot her, she could not imagine what had been his motivation. At first, the boy froze at the sight of blood, but when he realized the trouble he has caused, he disappeared down the dusty road. Confused and discombobulated she tasted the dripping blood in her mouth. The familiar metallic taste made her realize that she was indeed hurt. Relying on her shacking vision from a single eye, she slowly traced her way home. With drops of blood forming a line behind her, she felt along the bright red bricks of houses and followed up the rusty stairs of the apartment. Furiously pounding on the door, my mother screamed for help. While the boy was later found and his family paid for the medical services, my mother was scared for life. While she had normal vision, her left eye was forever damaged and she was forced to ware glasses.

Responce memoir

Tram’s book we are all suspect now has only pointed out to me the pattern of history itself. One group is consistently burdening the brunt of the national discrimination. At one point it was Asian immigrants, then African Americans, followed by Hispanics and now Muslims. I went to a relatively rough Elemetry school and middle school. I remember certain kids who taunted me for being Asian and insulted me and physically attacked me. I was even attacked by some African American students. Since they weren’t being targeted, they had no problem not intervening and even join in on the attack. This reminds me very much of the current situation with Muslims. Since it’s not a problem for most other minorities right now, they are just enjoying not being public enemy. No one seems to want to help the Muslims being targeted. To end this cycle of discrimination, minorities must band together to help each out in the face of national discrimination. Who knows which groups will be targeted as the number one public enemy next time around?

Summary of introduction

Mohammad Akram was picked up shortly after September 11th 2001 in his convenience store. He had them been cut off from his family for five months. Finally his family was able to meet him in a room with glass on both sides. Only able to communicate through phones, his family eagerly talked to him until being ushered out by the guards. All this suffering was caused by the new definition of clandestine transnational actors, including undocumented migrant workers, refugees, smugglers and potential terrorist. Following the definition the government has gone after everyone in within the definition of the term furiously. Immediately following the event on September 11th, mass roundups of suspects occurred followed by FBI visits to thousands of Muslims and south Asians. Then the Patriot act, passed in October 2001, allowed for far great public spying. The special registration system came a year later which required all non-citizens of mostly Muslim countries to register with the government, resulting in thousands of deportation orders for people who registered. In December 2001, the absconder apprehension initiative included deportation order into the National crime center. Ever since September 11th, refugees limits has also been set and operation liberty shield has tightly monitored border and transportations. Aside from the government, businesses and finical institutions are also practicing discriminatory policies. Furthermore, reports of hate crimes against Muslims have sky rocked. This book tells the stories of people trapped in the situation.
Interesting facts:
In 2002 only 5% of African refugees were admitted, while 60% of Europeans were admitted.
290,525 registered with the government,13,799 were put in deportation.