15 Matching Annotations
  1. Dec 2019
    1. I would tell him the same statement as the men in truck who were beating him and at that moment I felt that I was the same. I was never raised to watch violence happen against innocent people so I put my ignorance to the side and decided to help.

      whereas some individuals may have radical beliefs but are not members of a radical movement, and do not carry out violent actions.

    2. To top it off if I would add a racial slurs and inform them that they did not belong on the earth once in a while just for my own satisfaction

      Dehumanization research suggests that when people see others as less than human, empathy centers in the brain deactivate. For example, people who commit mass violence, cruelty, or hate crimes often rationalize these actions by comparing the victims to animals.

    3. I cut out all forms of communication with my Muslim friends and I showed an enormous amount of resentment to my Muslim neighbors and co workers

      At the heart of the process of radicalization leading to violence is a dynamic that involves individuals severing ties with those in their immediate environment (family, friends, colleagues, etc.),

    4. The whole country was in mental chaos and I never had been in such a destructive mental state at the time. It was hard to believe that someone would do this following a faith that is supposedly promotes peace

      Following the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks Islamophobia intensified, which can be understood, at the psychological level, as an internal racist defence against overwhelming anxiety."

      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19795546

    5. It did not matter rather they were little or old it was all the same in my eyes they were all bloodthirsty terrorists and nothing would stop me from believing this ideology.

      ''Muslim men get stereotyped as terrorists, violent and criminal," says Nadal.

    6. I began to realize that if a small group of people do something bad then they do not represent the entire group of people.

      Practicing unconditional other acceptance, people accept that sometimes people do exceptionally bad things, as the terrorist and suicide bombers do, but still they are not what they do.

    1. To top it off if I would add a racial slurs and inform them that they did not belong on the earth once in a while just for my own satisfaction

      Dehumanization research suggests that when people see others as less than human, empathy centers in the brain deactivate. For example, people who commit mass violence, cruelty, or hate crimes often rationalize these actions by comparing the victims to animals.

    2. I began to realize that if a small group of people do something bad then they do not represent the entire group of people

      Practicing unconditional other acceptance, people accept that sometimes people do exceptionally bad things, as the terrorist and suicide bombers do, but still they are not what they do.

    3. The whole country was in mental chaos and I never had been in such a destructive mental state at the time. It was hard to believe that someone would do this following a faith that is supposedly promotes peace

      "Following the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks Islamophobia intensified, which can be understood, at the psychological level, as an internal racist defence against overwhelming anxiety."

    4. I would tell him the same statement as the men in truck who were beating him and at that moment I felt that I was the same. I was never raised to watch violence happen against innocent people so I put my ignorance to the side and decided to help.

      whereas some individuals may have radical beliefs but are not members of a radical movement, and do not carry out violent actions.

    5. It did not matter rather they were little or old it was all the same in my eyes they were all bloodthirsty terrorists and nothing would stop me from believing this ideology

      "Muslim men get stereotyped as terrorists, violent and criminal," says Nadal.

      https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/04/islamophobia

    6. I cut out all forms of communication with my Muslim friends and I showed an enormous amount of resentment to my Muslim neighbors and co workers

      At the heart of the process of radicalization leading to violence is a dynamic that involves individuals severing ties with those in their immediate environment (family, friends, colleagues, etc.),

      https://info-radical.org/en/definition-2/

  2. Nov 2019
    1. I stopped talking to my neighbors and I would spit on the floor every time I would see them to express my way of showing that they were no longer welcomed in the United States.

      Muslims also face another form of discrimination—the assumption that they're not "real" Americans, says Nadal

      https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/04/islamophobia

    2. The whole country was in mental chaos including myself and I never had been in such a destructive mentality at the time. I could not believe that someone would do this following a faith that is supposed to supposedly promote peace.

      "Following the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks Islamophobia intensified, which can be understood, at the psychological level, as an internal racist defence against overwhelming anxiety.

      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19795546

  3. Oct 2019
    1. I stopped talking to my neighbors and I would spit on the floor every time I would see them to express my way of showing that they were no longer welcomed in the United States.

      Muslims also face another form of discrimination—the assumption that they're not "real" Americans, says Nadal