For young people who were in elementary school on 9-11, they've grown up hearing about Osama bin Laden and came of age during the War on Terror. Was he their generation's boogie man? Youth Radio reached out to young adults in three cities to find out.
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I'm Tajah Jones in Oakland, California.
When I first think of a villain I think of the joker, not Osama bin Laden.
Bin Laden and the war seemed distant from my everyday life.
What affected me was the racial prejudice against Muslims and people of color following September 11th.
During the last presidential election, there was a poster circulating of Barack Obama with a long beard and a turban. Beneath the image it read, “Obama bin Laden.” The image shocked me as extreme propaganda.
This really struck me when I visited my Muslim cousin in D.C. -- 6 years after 9/11. We went through airport security and my cousin was unnecessarily questioned because of her hijab. As if simply being Muslim made her dangerous – or a terrorist. Until then, I never associated being an American Muslim with Bin Laden. They seemed like two totally different things.
I know he’s supposed to be the scar...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:For young people who were in elementary school on 9-11, they've grown up hearing about Osama bin Laden and came of age during the War on Terror. Was he their generation's boogie man? Youth Radio reached out to young adults in three cities to find out.
OUTRO:Those were the voices of Tajah Jones in Oakland, Kathleen Quillian in Atlanta, and Jeany Lee in New York City. Youth Radio produced their commentaries.
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