Luke
The Big Apple, an interesting place, to say the least.
It's a great city which looks clean, but is blighted by the occasional overbearing stench of death. We loved it
of course, although we had no time to fully explore as tourists, because of our journalistic exploits.
We spent the morning speaking to Wall Street traders. None of them would go on camera as they all have agreements with their employers stopping them talking to the press. A lot of them hate the media, presumably for pointing out to the world years of greed and mismanagement on their part. Those are not my words, but the words of one Wall Street trader we spoke to (hear more from Kieron on this soon).
Later in the day we spoke to Faiza Ali from CAIR-NY, they work with the Muslim community across the nation and tackle problems related to the Patriot Act (amongst others) and what they claim to be gross invasions of their civil rights .
Despite the concerns raised about the Patriot Act, they said that Muslims in New York still feel very much part of the political and cultural system following 9/11, and that they are proud to call themselves 'American ,'d espite an all-too-obvious attitude of fear towards Muslims from certain sectors.
We assumed that they had, had a really rough time since 9/11 from non-Muslim New Yorkers which would perhaps have left them feeling excluded, but this was not the case. What they claimed was that the Islamophobia in the US today comes mostly from the US federal government, rather than the everyday person in the street.
They were also keen to talk about the misunderstanding of Islam that still exists in America today, especially in the presidential campaigns. And well done Mr Powell for saying something about it the other day.
Whilst out and about in NY, we bumped into a 'Life Coach' offering free advice to people in these difficult times. She was sat outside the New York Stock exchange, with a sign. We had a chat with her, and she agrees with what my parents have been saying for years....'Get a job'.
She was really nice so we decided we had to get a photo.
I'll get a job when I get back.
It's a great city which looks clean, but is blighted by the occasional overbearing stench of death. We loved it
of course, although we had no time to fully explore as tourists, because of our journalistic exploits.
We spent the morning speaking to Wall Street traders. None of them would go on camera as they all have agreements with their employers stopping them talking to the press. A lot of them hate the media, presumably for pointing out to the world years of greed and mismanagement on their part. Those are not my words, but the words of one Wall Street trader we spoke to (hear more from Kieron on this soon).
Later in the day we spoke to Faiza Ali from CAIR-NY, they work with the Muslim community across the nation and tackle problems related to the Patriot Act (amongst others) and what they claim to be gross invasions of their civil rights .
Despite the concerns raised about the Patriot Act, they said that Muslims in New York still feel very much part of the political and cultural system following 9/11, and that they are proud to call themselves 'American ,'d espite an all-too-obvious attitude of fear towards Muslims from certain sectors.
We assumed that they had, had a really rough time since 9/11 from non-Muslim New Yorkers which would perhaps have left them feeling excluded, but this was not the case. What they claimed was that the Islamophobia in the US today comes mostly from the US federal government, rather than the everyday person in the street.
They were also keen to talk about the misunderstanding of Islam that still exists in America today, especially in the presidential campaigns. And well done Mr Powell for saying something about it the other day.
Whilst out and about in NY, we bumped into a 'Life Coach' offering free advice to people in these difficult times. She was sat outside the New York Stock exchange, with a sign. We had a chat with her, and she agrees with what my parents have been saying for years....'Get a job'.
She was really nice so we decided we had to get a photo.
I'll get a job when I get back.
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