Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday September 18 2002 — A5 9-1- sharpens racial identities 1 -- 66 NEW YORK (AP) — Vivek Wadhwa had never thought about race in the 20 years he lived in the United States — 11 backuntil the lash against people who looked as if they might be from the same part of the world as the hijackers Worried about his wife and children the Indian-bor- n technology executive began speaking out and his sense of racial identity took shape “I couldn’t have cared less about race before Sept 1 1" said Wadhwa who is from Cary NC But after the attacks when he and others in his community were regarded with suspicion “it was some- ' thing I had to be aware of” The spotlight that has focused on people of Arab and South Asian background since Sept 11 is changing the way race relations are discussed in America expanding the dialogue well beyond the usual question of how blacks and whites deal with each other members of those communi- ties say Some of those changes come from outside — policymakers and officials reaching out to include other groups mentioning them in speeches trying to learn more about them But others are internal South Asian Americans and Arab Americans many for the first time are thinking of themselves and their communities in terms of racial identi-- : ty and seeking a place in the racial dialogue “We have a new discussion It’s not just black and white anymore it’s black white brown yellow all the colors of the rainbow” said Brandon Shamim of Los Angeles who is of both Pakistani and Indian descent “The activists among us recognizeihis is an enormous opportunity to further the racial dialogue in a way that hasn’t happened since the beginning of the civil rights movement” According to a recent poll by The New York Times and CBS a growing number of New Yorkers say that' since the attacks people are more tolerant of different ethnic and racial groups For the first time in 14 years a majority of respon- dents of different races said racial relations were generally good in the city Specifically the poll found that S3 percent of blacks 56 percent of and 69 percent of whites believed that race relations are generally good post-Se- “We have a new discussion It's not just black and white any: more It’s black white pt brown yellow alj the colors of the rainbow” “It 9--ii WASHINGTON (AP)— Congressional investigators say intelligence agencies had evidence that terrorists might use airplanes to attack targets in the United States but have found nothing that directly predicted the Sept 11 attacks a congressional source said Tuesday “We haven't found anything where some part of the government had the information about the where when and how this attack was going to take place” said the source speaking on condition of lapse’ MeDDigeiniGe ‘ i v ij ' ! 11 : ! - ) hjf: amil imjM i -- i&ph : : 1 anonymity The findings will be part of ' a presented Wednesday report ceived us” at the first public hearing of die joint inquiry by the House Not everyone thinks the difand Senate intelligence com- ference has been positive ' mittees That panel was set up Ali Alarabi the Palestinian-America- n to examine intelligence failSen Bob Graham center president of the ures leading up to the attacks reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday United Arab American League last surrounding going to war with Iraq September in Chicago believes that Sept The report will hot say outairplanes A future report will 1 1 has indeed changed how right whether intelligence examine what the agencies America talks about race — agencies had enough informaknew about the 19 hijackers but by uniting everyone tion to have prevented the before the attacks against Arab Americans attack said die source But “This is the beginning This ' “After 911 all minorities this person said the report is not the whole picture" the were accepted into the Ameri-- does raise questions about said source can mainstream except Arab whether the American public staff memCongressional Americans" he said was given enough information bers began looking at the “They’ve all become part of to understand the likelihood of attacks early this year Staff the American fabric because such an attack reviewed have some 400000 they’re on the ride of the vicThe report today will look documents about 60000 to tims” at what intelligence agencies 70000 of which were consid-He added: “We've lost a lot knew about die likelihood of ered relevant to the investigaof ground This has set us an attack against US targets tion They have also talked to back l(jO years” in 2001 and about the use of almost 500 people Lackin awanna NY were feeling Brak Alternator Cooling System Oil Service Trantmiscion some of that tension this $ week after six men from the C'V i I —- : ’ " vr -- t how other people per- APphoto chairman of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee talks to about the Investigation into the Sept 11 terrorist attacks and issues D-F-la - Yemeni-America- The two committees haVe held closed-doo- r hearings since early June 4 Open hearings originally planned for late June have been delayed largely because of questions about what sensitive documents could be released The staff report will be presented by director Eleanor Hill after Wednesday’s hearing opens with the appear- ' ances of the spouses of two victims of the attacks! It will address what information US agencies had before Sept li about the likelihood of a domestic attack by international terrorists and about the likelihood of using aircraft as weapons The ' report will include details of threats received by the United States including a surge of reports that peaked in June 2001 then began to fall off ’ siness Develop- ns - Tuna-U- p Yemeni community were arrested and accused of being terrorist part of ah cell Some in the community of about 1000 said they have felt suspicion and hostility ni from some of their since the neighbors arrests Before the attacks many Americans from South Asian and the Middle East — being neither black nor white — did not see themselves as partof the race dialogue and many woe more concerned with assimilating But the backlash proved — painfully in some cases — that while they may not have seen themselves in racial terms others did “It forced us to see how other people perceived us” said Kapil Bawa who is from India and is a professor of marketing at Baruch College in New York Some say that new sense of identity is helping to build bridges between communities “We actually understand what black people are talking about when they talk about profiling" Shamim said “Now we are able to understand and appreciate other © I da v ' forced us to see ‘Mo V Professional Consulting' (a free service) Business Plan Class Business Information II if UNIVERSITY EXTENSION State Safety Inspection non-Yeme- 787-004Timing Bali Wteatpump Electrical Problem Stet Inspections 0 1330 E 700 N Rm 124 Logan Utah 1 Phone 84322-833- 0 797-22- FumM by USD btvmimi Cuikp of huaiiWM Uuh Sblr ft the Small Btwnm Admlnrtratiot Fuel Injection v ji : i ‘ His-pani- cs UtahStote vV5- - V’ ’"l 'V -f h ' :J - V i ' - ?aw- - s “s lit-- 1 'v i i v " iV - ''t v ' ’ g i v- t f ! h ft f minorities” iv ' J 1 Celebrate your family’s health! 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