Social Impacts of 911

Social Impacts
After the 911 attack in 2001, there was a strong surge of patriotism in virtually all facets of American society. The government, being aware that the most deadly attack ever in U.S could stir up animosity against the ethnic or religious group of the perpetrators, went out of its way along with the media to separate Islam from the actions taken by its more radical adherents, referring to it at multiple times as a "religion of love".

The overall effect of hostility towards these groups was barely noticeable. Although there were literally millions of Muslims in America out of a total population of 300 million who could have sought out reprisals, in an entire year less than 500 cases of aggression of verbal hostility were reported.