As the day went on speculation had already begun in the media that the United States was under terrorist attack. Were their crimes even remotely as heinous as those of the 9/11 hijackers? Just as it had been served when I, along with thousands of others across the United States, submitted to racial profiling, legitimized by calling it the rule of law. Four days after 9/11, a former airplane mechanic, who once worked for Boeing, murdered a man in Arizona. The insidious and demoralizing narrative unleashed by the powers that be in the aftermath of 9/11 set the stage for Donald Trump.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 03, 2016 14:03 UTC