My personal essay is going to be about the way that other races are treated in America. Ever since September 11th a lot of Americans have been blaming all Muslims for it. Even the Arab people that have lived in the US for their whole lives and have never even been to Iraq are targets of hate. Any one who wears a turban is considered a terrorist and is shot. Many Arab people died in the plane crashes on September 11th that had nothing to do with the bombing.

In my family, we all just forgot about it, but one day in the grocery store I witnessed three grown men yelling at an innocent little Muslim girl. It was around the beginning of October and my mom and I were just stopping to pick up some milk and bread. As we passed by the vegetable section of the...