jennifer bryan
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1
‘TERROR TOWN’ was the headline on the New York Post on Sunday September 23, 2001.
2
For a discussion of the impact of economic restructuring on poor and working class people in
Jersey City, see Fine and Weis (1999).
3
The top five most densely populated cities are: New York, NY; Paterson, NJ; San Francisco,
CA; Jersey City, NJ; and Cambridge, MA. See City and County Data Book 2000.
4
For a thorough discussion of the issues facing immigrant detained in the United States before
and after 9/11, see Welch (2002).
5
The state of California had the highest reported number of bias offenses.
6
The topic of intergroup relations in Jersey City will be the subject of a future paper. For a
discussion of neighborly relations between Muslims and Catholics in Bosnia after ethnic
cleansing, see Bringa (1995).
7
This percentage reflects a comparison of gun permit applications from September 11, 2000 to
November 20, 2000 and September 11, 2001 to November 20, 2001.
8
Through the course of research I encountered a small number of Muslims who were referred to
as “losing their way” or downplaying their Muslim identities after 9/11. For the most part, these
were high school and college students, who were dressing in American style clothes and
listening to hip-hop music. The topic of young people negotiating Muslim identities will be the
subject of a future paper.
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