Post 9/11 life changed for many, not just in the U.S but all over the world. The hashtag after September 11 saw over 50,000 people tweet the impact it had on their lives and those around them.
The hashtag was created by Jessica Talwar, a 19-year-old political science student at Loyola University in Chicago and who tweets as @jesstalwar. In an email to the Los Angeles Times, she explained that the tag was created to share some of the effects of 9/11 that many have missed. “America needs to recognize that the trauma and repercussions of these attacks were not confined to the day of September 11, 2001 itself,” she wrote. “Desis, Arabs, and Muslims have felt the impact of this day for 14 years”.
#AfterSeptember11 the shouts to assert US dominance & #MAGA drowned the cries of innocent Muslims & POC being attacked by fellow Americans.
— eemi (@eemanabbasi) September 11, 2017
#afterseptember11 My family took me aside and warned me that people may act differently around me. That they may fear or hate me.
— Sarah (@sarahcharm2016) September 11, 2017
#afterseptember11 Everyone kept telling me it's my fault it happened because all my family members are muslims.
— Sepi Abdi (@Iamspagetti) September 11, 2017
#afterseptember11 our temple was burned down. We're Canadian & hindu. #NeverForget ignorance & hate know no bounds. No one is safe from hate
— Vanni Sharma (@VanniSharma) September 11, 2017
#AfterSeptember11 we said we'd come together as a nation. But we've divided the world w our bombs and the country w our hate. #NeverForget
— eemi (@eemanabbasi) September 11, 2017
#AfterSeptember11 I remember losing friends that blamed me and my family for what happened… I was 9 years old being called a terrorist…
— Jibreel Salaam (@jsalaam16) September 11, 2017
#AfterSeptember11 Public space became caustic/ violent/ antagonist. Having a beard & turban became a risk. Being an American wasn't enough.
— Sandeep Sehbi (@SandeepSehbi) September 11, 2017
Reading #AfterSeptember11 is breaking my heart. I know I'm privileged bc I look white but I will never actually know and I'm just so sorry.
— Skela (@skelamusic) September 12, 2017
Even living in the uk, my dad told my mum to stop wearing the hijab. He feared for her safety. #AfterSeptember11
— Linda حسان (@Dreamandreading) September 12, 2017
#afterseptember11 People would yell "Allahu Akbar" and make explosion sounds everytime I would walk into a room
— Sepi Abdi (@Iamspagetti) September 11, 2017
9/11 was my awakening to racism in Canada, North America, and the media against Islam and Muslims. 9/11 is what taught me to read the news
— The Salafi Feminist (@AnonyMousey) September 11, 2017
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