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In the summary of the 9/11 article on Britannica.com. It talks about the attacks on the 9/11 about how the Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda went against the United States the morning of Tuesday, September 11th , and coordinated terrorist attacks. In the text Quindlen talked about , " It is difficult to know how to convince them that this amounts to "crown thy good with brotherhood," that amid all the failures is something spectacularly successful. Perhaps they understand it at this moment [in the aftermath of 9/11], when enormous tragedy, as it so often does, demands a time of reflection on enormous blessings. " This explains how are we supposed to see the good without the past constantly repeating itself. No maybe not in the ways it did 200 years ago, but in more confidential ways and orders.

https://www.britannica.com/event/September-11-attacks

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In the text Quindlen wrote, " With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen--African-American, Mexican-
American, Irish-American--would overwhelm the right." With what she said was completely true, and the main event going on right now to support that is BLM. In the article , " What is Black Lives Matter and what are the aims," it talks about BLM and what it means to POC. " Among its main goals are stopping police brutality and fighting for courts to treat black people equally. Its demands for equality also include mental health, the LGBT community and voting rights." This ties to what Quindlen is saying because when an African American person is seen on the street, American doesn't seem to matter anymore. They would just be named to another " African " on the street.

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A song that connects to " A Quilt of A Country " is Broken World by Five Finger Death Punch. I have never once heard of this band, nor their music but one part of the song really speaks to the message.

We live in a world that's turned so cold
Now that our integrity has been sold
We're living inside this broken world
This broken world
This broken world

This world is changing in to day out, while yes people are changing in many different ways. There will always be those people who want to do terrible things and don't care what those actions are. When Quindlen wrote, " These two are our defining ideals; they are also in constant conflict." It's constant conflict on accepting others for who they are, but when they are the same person as you. Why is it so hard to understand ?

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“In “ A Quilt of A Country,” Quindlen develops the idea towards the end that, " With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen--African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American--would overwhelm the right." this is shown by the Gorge Floyd thing where a cop saw a African-American as only African and well that cause a major outburst. so big of an outburst they had to redo the trial because the public was unsatisfied the first time.

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https://www.lyrics.com/lyric-lf/5623578/Leo+Barrion/Improbable

its a bad song but it works out here. This line here "

I know that us two is
Improbable
If out of some thin air
But know that you are still
Someone I care
Even if I'm in despair

"it relates  to this line " Terrorism has led to devastation- -and unity "

now its a long stretch, but it could be that now because of a threat(9-11 in this case), the person is in despair and now sees "someone" as more American than the left side of the hyphen. still a long stretch but it works

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Improbable Lyrics by from the album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more: I know that us two is Improbable If out of some thin air But know that you are still Someone I care Even if I'm in desp...

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https://twitter.com/joudyharb i found this of the internet so i don't think you'll find it through this link but you can try

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https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2016/09/15/144286/hate-and-discrimination-in-the-wake-of-september-11/

Summary
Most importantly, we must realize that since 9/11, a different kind of terror has been inflicted upon some Americans, based on no more than the color of their skin or the manner of their worship. Anyone perceived as Muslim—whether actually Muslim, Sikh, South Asian, or Arab—suddenly became associated with the face of terror. Since September 11, 2001, the U.S. Department of Justice reports that more than 800 hate-related incidents targeting Muslim, Sikh, South Asian, and Arab communities have occurred across the country.

"Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because of armed conflict and enemy attack. Terrorism has led to devastation- -and unity." This article tie's with the statement above in a very okay way? it ties with is because they are coming together seeing a threat but they're also looking at the wrong ones. society then were bigots towards Muslim, Sikh, South Asian, and Arab people for one smallish thing.

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The 9/11 attacks affected Americans in manifold ways. For many within the nation's numerous ethnic communities, the horrors live on, as some people continue to confusingly and mistakenly associate them with terrorists. Regular Race and Beyond columnist Sam Fulwood III asked Anumita Kaur to share how that fateful day still affects her, her family, and communities of color overall.

I do not remember much from September 11, 2001.

My most vivid memory is of traveling to a wedding soon after the attacks. I was 6 years old. My mom, my sister, and I donned our colorful, bejeweled Indian attire, complete with bangles chiming at our wrists and scarves to cover our heads. We stopped at a gas station, but rather than quickly getting out of the car, my mom sat glued in her seat.

"Aren't you getting out?" I asked.

"I'm afraid of what people will think when I get out-I stand out too much wearing this," she said. "People in this country don't like anyone that looks like us right now."

At the time, I didn't understand.

In the years that followed, I spent my days on the playground dodging jokes about bombs and terrorists. I learned to laugh when my peers asked me if I was related to Osama bin Laden; I even partook in jokes about my family's affinity for hijacking planes. Although I never truly found any of this funny, I wanted friends, so I played along.

Later, my uncle's home was vandalized. Broken eggs and toilet paper strewn across the outside of the home were evidence of public ridicule, a message from the vandals that our family did not belong.

These are just a few faces that bigotry takes.

My family, of Sikh faith, emigrated from Punjab, India, to San Jose, California, in the late 1990s. Similar to many immigrants, they sought economic mobility, greater opportunity, and cultural acceptance. After 9/11, however, families like mine became targets within the country they tried to call their own.

Anyone perceived as Muslim-whether actually Muslim, Sikh, South Asian, or Arab-suddenly became associated with the face of terror. This unjust association has designated these communities as an enemy to the United States, instilling a fear within all of us. Are we safe? If this is not our home, what is?

This has forced our communities to grieve doubly: once for the attacks on 9/11 and once more for the countless lives affected since.

On Monday, for example, someone firebombed a Florida mosque in what police are calling a hate crime, possibly in reaction to a shooting earlier this year at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Omar Mateen, who was killed in a shootout with police following his attack at the nightclub, worshipped at this mosque. The arsonist's attack coincided with the beginning of Eid al-Adha, an Islamic holiday, transforming what should have been a day of worship and celebration into one of mourning. The act of one deranged individual affected countless innocent worshippers and their place of worship.

A 2014 report by The Sikh Coalition found that 50 percent of Sikh students ages 12 to 18 experience bullying, compared with the national average of 32 percent of all schoolchildren who report bullying. That number rises to 67 percent if a Sikh student wears a turban, a Sikh article of faith.

And this hate can be deadly. On August 5, 2012, a gunman entered a gurdwara-a Sikh place of worship-in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and opened fire during a morning of prayer. Six people lost their lives: Paramjit Kaur, Satwant Singh Kaleka, Prakash Singh, Sita Singh, Ranjit Singh, and Suveg Singh. Four more were injured.

In 2015, 68-year-old Amrik Singh Bal was hospitalized after two strangers ran him over with their car in Fresno, California, a crime that Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said was likely motivated by Bal's traditional Sikh clothing and turban. In other words, the perpetrators probably saw Bal's outward appearance as an invitation for violence and hate, rather than as a symbol of his commitment to his faith.

There are countless other examples as well. Since September 11, 2001, the U.S. Department of Justice reports that more than 800 hate-related incidents targeting Muslim, Sikh, South Asian, and Arab communities have occurred across the country.

If so-called Muslim-looking communities were worried for their livelihoods before, they are terrified now.

But Americans have the power and responsibility to end this hate. In the leaders that we elect and the neighbors that we greet, at every level of life, we have the opportunity to welcome, celebrate, and uplift our diverse country.

This 9/11, Americans honored the lives lost in the terror attack, but we must also acknowledge the thousands of lives affected since. We must think of the children bullied in schools for their appearance or faith, the lives lost and forever altered at a gurdwara in Wisconsin, and the innocent people that have all become targets of senseless violence.
Anumita Kaur is a senior at the University of California, Santa Barbara; a fellow with the National Sikh Campaign; and a former intern with the Press team at the Center for American Progress.
Most importantly, we must realize that since 9/11, a different kind of terror has been inflicted upon some Americans, based on no more than the color of their skin or the manner of their worship. If we as a country do not actively work to end such hate, immigrants' hopes for economic mobility, greater opportunity, and cultural acceptance will remain a dream, not become a reality.

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Hate and Discrimination in the Wake of September 11 - Center for American Progress

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The 9/11 attacks affected Americans in manifold ways. For many within the nation's numerous ethnic communities, the horrors live on, as some people continue to confusingly and mistakenly associate them with terrorists. Regular Race and Beyond columnist Sam Fulwood III asked Anumita Kaur to share how that fateful day still affects her, her family, and communities of color overall.

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"Are We All Bigots" Analysis- Nicholas F.

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"Are We All Bigots" Analysis- Nicholas F.

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The video "Are We All Bigots" this video support this claim that Quindlen makes in her argument, "What is the point of a nation in which one part seems to be always on the verge of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights, left and right, Pole and Chinese and Puerto Rican and Slovenian?" in "Are We All Bigots," it shows how people only need something small that the other side did to start to harm that side and maybe start a fight could start a fight. you can see an example of this at 19:20-20:20.

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In the article it talks about how after the 9/11 attack people started memorializing the deaths and what happend. People came together mourning there deaths. AmErica sure became stronger after this having people from races to different  political types c9ming together. This relates to a Quilt of a country because it talks about how during the 9/11 attack people where able to put away there differences and come together as a country to become unified.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/our-brief-moment-of-national-unity-after-the-911-attacks-was-just-that--brief-can-we-ever-get-it-back/2020/09/10/91e93af8-f376-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html

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In the article it talks about how after the 9/11 attack people started memorializing the deaths and what happend. People came together mourning there deaths. Am

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/our-brief-moment-of-national-unity-after-the-911-attacks-was-just-that--brief-can-we-ever-get-it-back/2020/09/10/91e93af8-f376-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html

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A current event happening was the Black Lives Matter Movement, and it is a decentralized political and social movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people. It relates to a quilt of a country because both the BLM movement and a quilt of a country focus of discrimination, racism, but being united and stronger together. It also shows how both are fighting both there wars figuratively speaking.

In the BLM it tries to unite the U.S.A by bringing equality to race. In a quilt of a country it also does that and especially in the 4th paragraph when she starts to state reasons on what's the point of being divided races. In the end i think that both the BLM movement and quilt of a country both take an activist approach and fight against what is right.

my sources being
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter
https://blacklivesmatter.com/

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in quilt of a country Quindlen states, "Once these disparate parts were held together by a common enemy, by the fault lines of world wars and the electrified fence of communism. With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen--African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American--would overwhelm the right." I think that this text relates to George Floyd, while it is a dark subject to talk about, it does relate to the text, on how people put their hatred into events that are happening and George Floyds death accidentally started a number of things but while BLM and the burning down and raiding of every building in city's but the point is, people did that together. weather or race or religen they roited togather

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In the video it talks about the pleasures people get from satisfaction on seeing there rivals fall. In the article it talks about how people have discriminations over each other. As said in line 30-32"in which Jewish boys would walk several blocks out of their way to avoid the Irish divide of Chester avenue.
They would take on pleasure from the mind of the discrimination towards them. Not just that but, Quindlen understands that with the diverse lines of discrimination is it hard to come to agreement (lines 68-71)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn19xvfoXvk
the song I chose was stand up the reason I chose this song was because how in the article was because of these lyrics
"I'm gonna stand up
Take my people with me
Together we are going
To a brand new home
Far across the river
Do you hear freedom calling?
Calling me to answer
Gonna keep on keepin' on"
In this song it is about Harriet Tubman wanting to free slaves and bring an end to discrimination and I think its similar to A quilt of a country because they want to bring an end to discrimination ad hostilities in the United States and have equality. A line I connect to this from the Article is "What is the point of a Splintered whole." because what is the point of having racism when the United States is suppose to be the land of the Free.

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"Stand Up" - Official Lyric Video - Performed by Cynthia Erivo

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The text title " A Quilt of a Country " and the video titled " Are We All Bigots " both basically explain how we are the main example of showing bigotry. In " Are We All Bigots " it talks how we all persecute each other on our skin color, religion, and even our genders. It shows how even if we were all on rival teams, it can change the way we view our people's daily lives. We can only consider how we judge it, and not except their differences. In the text " A Quilt of a Country," Anna Quindlen expresses how ," When
photographs of the faces of all those who died in the World Trade Center destruction are assembled in one place, it will be possible to trace in the skin color, the shape of the eyes and the noses, the texture of the hair, a map of the world. " This explains even though many different people were in those buildings or on stand-by. We still tend to talk down on certain individuals, meanwhile there was every ethnicity in those areas. But, they still only nit-pick and how they fall apart piece by piece. So, both " A Quilt of a Country , " and " Are We All Bigots " consistently set against each other for indescribable points. But, never sees through on the main issues. The hate and mean bigotry that they are giving out.

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In the video it talks about the pleasures people get from satisfaction on seeing there rivals fall. In the article it talks about how people have discriminations over each other. As said in line 30-32"in which Jewish boys would walk several blocks out of their way to avoid the Irish divide of Chester avenue.
They would take on pleasure from the mind of the discrimination towards them. Not just that but, Quindlen understands that with the diverse lines of discrimination is it hard to come to agreement (lines 68-71)

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11: Ten Years Later | ASPA National Weblog

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The link I have chosen on 9/11 explains how our nation has improved since 9/11. The main focus of this article is that we became more united as a nation than we have ever been before. This connects to one of Anna Quindlen's claims that America is held together by tragedy/common enemies. 9/11 made us support each other, protect each other, and empathize with each other.
Link: http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/09/911_united_america_and_taught.html
Picture Link: https://aspanational.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/911-ten-years-later/

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A song that connects with "A Quilt of a Country" is "War" by Bob Marley. In "A Quilt of a Country, Anna Quindlen mentions, "the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone" In "War" by Bob Marley, the song is held together by the notion that inequality still exists, and in Marley's point of view, it causes war. Marley states, "Until the philosophy
Which hold one race superior and another
Inferior
Is finally
And permanently
Discredited
And abandoned
Everywhere is war."
Both "War" and "A Quilt of a Country" express that racism is a problem in our world today. http://www.metrolyrics.com/war-bob-marley-bob-marley-ml-video-5ng.html

Read more: Bob Marley - War Lyrics | MetroLyrics

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One discussion in the Socratic Seminar that I found was insightful was the discussion about how America is held together by a common enemy. People brought up 9/11, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, and other tragedies in America. This helped extend my knowledge and think more about Quilndlen's claim that America only unites because of common enemies when people shared their viewpoints with the class. At first, I was kind of questioning whether or not I agreed with this claim. But once the class discussed it, I felt that I gained more knowledge on how our country really is tied together by common enemies so I could form an opinion.

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In "A Quilt of a Country," Quindlen develops the idea that America is a nation built on the fact that we are a self-dividing country. A current example of this would be the discrimination of Muslims, and pretty much anyone of a Middle Eastern descent. Ever since 9/11, Americans have been less accepting of Muslims. It's like we've divided them all out and labeled them 'terrorists.' Anna Quindlen states that, "...these disparate parts were held together by a common enemy..." (Quindlen, 50). In this situation, Americans have turned Muslims into their common enemy. Hate crimes have been committed, privacy has been invaded, and rights have been violated.
Source: https://www.aclu.org/feature/anti-muslim-discrimination

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Quindlen's claim in "A Quilt of a Country" is that America is not a united nation. In the second paragraph, she states, "Children learn in social studies class and in the news of the lynching of blacks, the denial of rights to women, the murders of gay men. It is difficult to know how to convince then that this amounts to 'crown thy good with brotherhood,' that amid all the failures is something spectacularly successful" (Quindlen, 14). This shows that America has a treacherous past of inequality and discrimination. This is a key piece of Quindlen's argument because it exemplifies how America has always been a nation of bigotry.
Another supporting quote from Quindlen's text would be "Other countries with such divisions have in fact divided into new nations with new names, but not this one, impossibly interwoven even in its hostilities" (Quindlen, 47). This quote explains that America is made of many different parts that have separated each other. Both of these pieces of evidence prove that America is not a nation of equality.

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The video titled "Are We All Bigots" and the text "A Quilt of a Country" both express the idea of bigotry. In "Are We All Bigots," it is shown how team rivalry can affect people's views on each other.  For example, when the two boys watched the videos of their rival teams failing, they immediately grew happier. This relates to the Quote, "What is the point of a nation in which one part always seems to be on the verge of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights..." (Quindlen, 45). Both "Are We All Bigots" and "A Quilt of a Country" show that people are always pitting against each other for unimportant reasons, which ties to the whole theme of bigotry.

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Earlier in the unit, we studied the quote, "We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race." This ties to the idea of "community added to individualism" (Quindlen, 22) included in "A Quilt of a Country." Both of these ideas describe how our differences don't affect who we are as people, and our unity is based on how different we all are.