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5 pages in length. Examining the impact 1998's The Siege had upon portrayal and predictions of post-September 11th American society, one finds a startling parallel between reality and fiction. The quest to gather up Arab-Americans as being somehow related to the recent terrorist incident smacks of the gross infringement upon civil liberties that ensued immediately following the real life attacks on 911. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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gather up Arab-Americans as being somehow related to the recent terrorist incident smacks of the gross infringement upon civil liberties that ensued immediately following the real life attacks on 911.
According to Roger Eberts review from the Chicago Sun-Times, the mirror to reality is particularly frightening due to most peoples ignorance of which foreign countries are threats to American
national security and which are not. Of all our ethnic groups, only Arabs come from nations that are currently in a state of indefinitely suspended war with the United
States. The vast majority of Arab-Americans are patriotic citizens who are happy to plunge into the melting pot with the rest of us (a point the movie does make),
but a minority have been much in the news, especially after the World Trade Center bombing in New York City. Many Americans do not draw those distinctions and could
not check off on a list those Arab countries we consider hostile, neutral or friendly. There is a tendency to lump together towelheads (a term used in the movie).
Arab-Americans feel vulnerable right now to the kinds of things that happen in this movie, and thats why its not the same thing as targeting other ethnic groups" (Ebert
PG). Ebert goes on the draw comparisons as to the treatment given to Arab-Americans in relation to how other ethnic cultures have suffered at the hands of racial profiling
and then points out how the film attempts to teach its audience how to discern the significant differences between Arab-American citizens and their terrorist counterparts. Even still, Ebert chastises
the film for clumsily reaching for its objective and argues how the overwhelming message throughout the movie is how indiscriminate racial profiling and breach of civil liberties is perfectly acceptable
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