Unrecognizble Ignorance

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Unrecognizable Ignorance October 18,2001

“If I saw an Afghanistan kid walking down the street I would just shoot him in the face”.
Were the words of a Manasquan High School student during history class Friday the 18th.

I was so dumbfounded I couldn't believe what I had heard. We were on the subject of how America is giving food to Afghanistan; Most of the class disagreed to these events taking place. Many made very horrifying comments on how the American government should do away with these countries. They were heartless and selfish about the good deeds America has been doing. “What about us? What about the people who lost lives in the World Trade Center?”. My reply to all this was, “We are being taking care of behind the scenes. There are many people in these countries that have nothing to do with the terrorism. The United States has gone soft on many things but this isn‘t your typical WWII, This needs to be handled with different tactics. My question to you is, do you not have any intelligence of morals? ” I continued on saying that the people in Afghanistan have nothing and nothing is an understatement. How dare they be so self consumed and not tell the difference between the two? I mentioned that the poverty of the United States would be a royal castle to those in Afghanistan under the Taliban. I was flabbergasted with the uproar of these ignorant opinions. Have they not been taught the rights and wrongs? This is racial profiling. I understand the Americans want revenge. However, why go against your own country morals and standard and stoop down to a low level?
This is Manasquan High School, the school that has frequently been praised and has had little criticism. Why are so many students under the same opinion? Has it not been taught enough by the parents? Or has it just not been expressed enough through the school systems of today?
That Friday afternoon I went to an administrator to bring this incident...