Muslim Ban Satire

Islamophobia, the term that was not very well-known before September 11, 2001, is now known to almost any individual of any age. After September 11th, islamophobia became a part of many Muslims’ daily lives (O’Connor “How 9/11 Changed These Muslim Americans’ Lives Forever.”) Not only did Muslims have trouble going through customs and security at the airports, but they also encountered islamophobia in their daily routine. Since September 11th, terrorist jokes became popular among many non-Muslim Americans who oftentimes did not understand the seriousness and the offensiveness of those jokes. Some found the “Muslim terrorist” stereotype to be somewhat justified and did not consider it to be as insulting as, for example, the representation of Black and Asian Americans in 1920s and 30s cartoons. However, the two are equally abusive and it is horrible to realize that in some ways, the American

When someone says the word immigration, what comes to your mind? Some that came to a country when they aren’t really supposed to be there? A person that leaves their country to go to a new? From place to place? Although that is partly true, it’s not the whole truth. They have many reasons to come here, like wars and inequality. If they are going through this, then why do our peers in America discriminate them. If we were in their shoes, would we want more problems?

The Travel Ban marks a major turning point in the policies on immigration in the United States. Due to increased terrorist attacks and illegal immigrant numbers rising, it is believed that temporarily banning immigrants from particular countries is key to ensuring safety within the United States. Though many have expressed their concern towards the ban because of its similarity to previous discriminatory and unconstitutional acts. The ban has even been referred to as the “Muslim Ban”.

A Federal Judge temporarily barred Trump’s Executive Order concerning the travel ban. This has caused extreme controversy among American’s as topics such as immigration, refugees, vetting, and religion all take tolls on the perspectives of the media as well as the average American. Nevertheless, the travel ban has been critiqued as well as praised by different groups and the Federal’s Judge’s emergency order has sparked debate on the constitutionality of the order.

Thank you for reading and replying to my post. Immigration is a very touching topic, I believe that we all know someone that their immigration status here in America is uncertain and if I put myself in their position, I’m sure it can be real intimidating. I agree with you when you say “that those that have clean records and work or study hard should have opportunities”, I think that if they are doing everything accordingly to what the law requires then the government will work with them. Just like you, I am not very familiar with the “DREAM ACT” but as far as I know the “DREAM ACT” never passed and is just a temporary programs program. I also heard on Fox Business news that President Trump is going to leave in place the protection

Immigration is a big issue today. I.C.E , homeland security, just recently swept around the south west Kansas area. People are getting deported every day in the USA. Immigrants go to the United States to look for good paying jobs to feed the very own mouths of their family. Donald trump, a business leader is fighting the war against immigrants. He does not want them in the USA because supposedly they bring diseases and drugs. He says that's immigrants are taking all the jobs in the USA. Immigrants don't bring any of that stuff in the United States. Immigrants chose to come for various reasons, such as to live in freedom, to practice their religion freely, to escape poverty or oppression, and to make better lives for themselves and their children.

In recent events, Trump is trying to isolate America to the rest of the world while trying to deport people of a certain race/ethnicity. With the “Muslim Ban”, people began to see that Trump is doing things that they do not want him to do, and, more recently, people apart of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programs (Dreamers) are under threat of deportation back to their home countries. An author, Leon Panetta, wrote an article about these events, and he wanted the whole world to know that even though Trump is the president of America, he does not truly represent the people. Leon Panetta uses rhetorical devices to help persuade his audience to know that Trump does not represent who Americans are.

We are currently living a globalized world, which means that people have virtually unlimited access to every country in the world. This naturally creates more traveling and immigration to foreign countries. Although Finland isn’t at the top of any tourists list, we do accept a moderately respectable amount of refugees to our homeland.

President Donald J. Trump has issued an executive order that has banned immigrants from entering the United States of America. Enacting this prohibition would damage America’s reputation as the melting pot that we once were. A group of presidents of leading American colleges and universities wrote a letter urging Donald Trump to rectify the recent executive order. The authors use different strategies such as ethos, emotional appeal, and logos to persuade Donald J. Trump to rectify the executive order banning immigrants from the United States.

Within the past few months the American people have witnessed violence from Isis and ultimately have fallen into a state of fear and confusion in regards to the safety of the nation. In response, Presidential candidate Donald Trump feels he has the capability to “make America great again” (Berman). In Russell Berman’s article “Donald Trump’s Call to Ban Muslim Immigrants,” he discusses Trump’s plan to address the issue: a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Because he is afraid of more attacks occurring in the United States, Trump stands up for these beliefs even though many people believe they are words of prejudice. Trump is not the only person who acts with prejudice when scared. Playwrights Arthur Miller

In The New York Times’ article called “Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Illegal” published on January 27th, 2017, David J. Bier expresses his personal opinion about the execute order signed by Trump that supports to bar all permanent immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries. According to Bier, the order is illegal, since Congress outlawed all discrimination against immigrants and American citizens based on nationality, race, sex, place of birth, or place of residence by means of The Immigration and National Act of 1965. However, Bier explains that the 1965 law does not ban discrimination based on religion, which was Mr. Trump’s original proposal. The author uses examples to prove that presidents have used their powers many times to forbid

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that he wants to monitor “certain mosques” in the U.S. In the article “Mr. Trump, I’m used to standing out in the crowd. That’s why I’m ready for my special Muslim ID card” by Wajahat Ali the author uses effective satire to appeal to his audience in order to tell his opinion of what he thinks of ID cards for Muslims. Ali is an American Muslim who was born and raised in the U.S. and is qualified to speak on this current issue because this could affecting him in many ways. Ali is also qualified to speak to speak on this issue because he has had to grow up in the U.S. where everyone would always question if he was going to be the next terrorist. Trump has said many rude things; however now he has a “suggestion that Muslims be given a special form of identification and his openness to the possibility of tracking American Muslims in a database” (Ali). In order for Ali to effectively show satire throughout his article he would need to know the meaning and be able to prove the he could use satire successfully.

The debate is not limited to France, however, as demonstrations worldwide regarding the issue of a headscarf ban “have vividly underscored the sensitivity of religious issues in the global village.” 16 For some, the headscarf has no unitary meaning. Rather, “[i]t reflects the diversity of women’s experience and aspirations around the

The travel ban is an executive order which was put into place by President Donald Trump’s administration on January 27th, 2017. The order was put into place for our national security to “protect the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States.” This measure banned travel into the U.S. for 90 days from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. This obviously sparked an outcry from social media, which caused a divide among Americans. With a show of hands, how many of you think that the travel ban is actually a ban on Muslim refugees and that it is racist. Recent polls show that 57% of Americans favor the temporary ban while 33% are opposed to it, and 10% are still undecided. Racism, fascism, and Islamophobia; these words have all taunted supporters of President Trump and the travel ban. The one thing people don’t realize is that the travel ban isn’t banning Muslims from America. Who in the room can name the top 5 countries with the most Muslims. They are Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria. Not one of these countries are listed in the ban. This ban is only for only ninety days, and is aimed at countries who have sent a large contingency of terrorists to the U.S. The countries selected have active terrorist training camps, and Trump is not the individual who selected the countries on the list. These countries are unstable, with no reliable vetting procedures. We shouldn’t admit people until they can meet our security screening standards.

Next, in a Raisin in the Sun George Murchison shows a form of racism towards others. “GEORGE: (Nastily) Let’s face it, baby, your heritage is nothing but a bunch of raggedy-assed spirituals and some grass huts! BENEATHA: GRASS HUTS! See there…you are standing there in your splendid ignorance talking about people who were the first to smelt iron on the face of the earth!” (Hansberry 52-53). George while also being openly racist, is generalizing the black heritage and community. To say such a thing about one’s own culture -he must truly hate himself-. As a wealthy black man, he feels as if he is no longer associated with his culture and skin color. When the truth is no matter what, he will be. This generalization is unfair and not honorable. Finally, just as shown in A Raisin in the Sun, the Muslim Ban used in today’s world is generalizing the Muslim community. “Challengers say the order is motivated by religious animus in violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. The President's intent, they say, is