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Racial Tension in the US Army Original story from //The Dallas Morning News//: Fort Hood shooting poses complications for Muslims in the military This article, which I found on Dallasnews.com, first caught my attention because I had heard about the attack, but did not know of the details behind it. Another reason I chose this article is my interest in racial profiling/stereotypes and their effects on people, and was curious as to how other Muslim soldiers were being treated as a result of the recent shooting at Fort Hood.

After reading the article, I became outraged at the stereotypes surrounding the recent killings and people of the Islamic religion. In Dallas News article, Mikal Abdullah, a former Army Ranger, stated "'Your loyalties were called into question, your patriotism. It wasn't everybody, but you felt it'". He also compares the current status of Muslim soldiers to that of Japanese-American soldiers after Pearl Harbor. In both events, countless numbers of people were wrongfully assumed to be associated with problems in the US just because of their backgrounds.

This article brings up the issue that has been on the minds of many Americans since September 11, 2009. Although it was a group from the middle east that crashed planes into the World Trade Center, and a Muslim man who shot soldiers at Fort Hood, that does not mean that someone who fits that description is a terrorist

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