Question

Are there any similarities between the treatment of German Americans during WWI and the treatment of Islamic Americans and Arab Americans after 9/11?

Answer 1

Help please :) I have to answer this by midnight tonight

Answer 2

They are both seen as dangerous by most Americans, and face increased discrimination.

Answer 3

thank you dso much ineed to write a 5 paragraph essay and I don't know where to start @LeeEtchison

Answer 4

"There was also discrimination against German-Americans and Italian-Americans due to these being enemy countries in World War I (Germany) and World War II (Germany and Italy). This resulted in a sharp decrease in German-American ethnic identity and a sharp decrease in the use of German in the United States following WWI, which had hitherto been significant, and to German American internment and Italian American internment during WWII; see also World War I anti-German sentiment."
"Racism against Arab Americans[75] and racialized Islamophobia against Muslims has risen concomitantly with tensions between the American government and the Islamic world.[76] Following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, discrimination and racialized violence has markedly increased against Arab Americans and many other religious and cultural groups.[77] Scholars, including Sunaina Maira and Evelyn Alsultany, argue that in the post-September 11 climate, Muslim Americans have been racialized within American society, although the markers of this racialization are cultural, political, and religious rather than phenotypic"
~From Wikipedia
These passages illustrate some of the similarities in their treatment in the US. Maybe these could help some more. :)

Answer 5

Thank you so much this was so much help :) @LeeEtchison

Answer 6

Np. ^_^