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September 11, 2001: The Day the World Changed Forever by Héloïse Chochois, Baptiste Bouthier
1 review
babayagaofficial's review
informative
medium-paced
3.0
A fairly good overview of the events of Sep. 11, 2001, and their fallout twenty years later. I appreciate that this wasn't solely a story of the attacks; it includes the ongoing impact of what came afterward, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Patriot Act, continuing imprisonments at Guantánamo Bay, and Snowden's revelation of mass surveillance by the NSA and other American agencies. Torture at Abu Ghraib in 2004 is a stark omission, however, as is the rise in Western Islamophobia since 9/11.
The latter omission is my main complaint: I wish the authors had included more information on the unjust scapegoating of Muslims and Middle Eastern people ever since 9/11. Islamophobia is a massive force in France as well, so I don't think the POV character's being French justifies the omission. The sharp rise in hate crimes and hate speech against Muslims and people of Middle Eastern descent — and even of people who are simply mistaken for Muslim or Middle Eastern — since 9/11 is a crucial part of this history. Like so many of the other important threads that the authors tie together here, it's a legacy that still affects people around the world today.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read a digital ARC of this title. #EuropeComics #NetGalley
The latter omission is my main complaint: I wish the authors had included more information on the unjust scapegoating of Muslims and Middle Eastern people ever since 9/11. Islamophobia is a massive force in France as well, so I don't think the POV character's being French justifies the omission. The sharp rise in hate crimes and hate speech against Muslims and people of Middle Eastern descent — and even of people who are simply mistaken for Muslim or Middle Eastern — since 9/11 is a crucial part of this history. Like so many of the other important threads that the authors tie together here, it's a legacy that still affects people around the world today.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read a digital ARC of this title. #EuropeComics #NetGalley
Content Warnings
Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Islamophobia, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Terminal illness, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
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