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As scared as I was when I saw what happened on Tuesday, September 11, nothing has scared me more than the reaction of some American citizens towards Middle Eastern people who reside in our country as citizens or as visitors.

 I'm scared that we can so soon forget the very freedom that America stands for and the responsibility that comes with that freedom. Because it seems to me that when we forget what America stands for and in turn bring ourselves down to the level of the terrorist, that is exactly the price that the terrorist wants us to pay for our freedom..

I would be very upset to see any of my friends of Middle-Eastern descent being harmed or abused by Americans who don't even know the true meaning of what it is to be an 'American.'

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