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9/11: Less Tension 11 Years Later

Summerset Thompson |
September 11, 2012 | 2:21 p.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

One of the twin Memorial pools. (Courtesy Creative Commons)
One of the twin Memorial pools. (Courtesy Creative Commons)
Families gathered in New York today to mourn the deaths of loved ones who fell victim to the 9/11 attacks 11 years ago. However, this anniversary did not seem to carry the same tension as last year's anniversary.

Jane Pollicino, a widow as a result of the attacks, commented to The Huffington Post that she, “felt much more relaxed this year. It's another anniversary that we can commemorate in a calmer way, without that 10-year pressure.”

Although the “pressure” is seemingly ebbing away, the consequences of the attack still linger in the United States.

"Americans have become much more willing to consider ascriptive characteristics to be a legitimate basis for suspicion particularly around issues of national security despite evidence that such traits are not a good proxy for threat,” said Aslı Ü. Bâli, an assistant professor of law at the UCLA School of Law.

President Obama said the country is safe and its people more resilient than 9/11, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Racial profiling against communities that are sometimes associated with the 9/11 attacks, however, continues to exist, Bâli said.

"As more time passes since the 9/11 attacks, arguments in favor of racial profiling may lose support," Bâli said. "However, The U.S. should reverse its international policies that suggest it is permissible to sacrifice aspects of human rights in the name of national security." 

 

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