Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story September 11 is a day that I believe no one, whether in or out of the United States, will ever forget. I think that as Americans we thought nothing to that extent would ever happen in our country. We felt safe. We would turn on our television sets and all we would view was violence in other countries, never believing it would happen to us. Once we all opened our eyes we realized that the safeness and security we felt wasnt really there at all. I recently flew to New York, Boston, and Washington D.C. to take a tour of the Ivy League schools in the area. I was nervous to begin with since it was my first time flying. It was also just nine months after September 11. We departed from D.C. The moment I felt nervous was when I spotted a Middle Eastern man passing through security. Suddenly the images of Osama bin Laden played back in my mind over and over. This man looked very much like him, a white turban upon his head and the thick dark beard. When I saw him pass through security without any problems I began to feel nervous. "What if he is hiding something in his turban?" "What if he is on the same flight I am on?" These questions kept reoccurring in my head. I have never been a racist of any kind. Why was I thinking like this? I was scared. I realize now that we act differently towards others who dont live like us or look like us. We are now judgmental of others more than ever. "But why should we be?" I ask. So my lesson learned? When it comes down to it we are all the same; we are all human. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp102.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-28 Notes Notes about this item. San Benito High School Assigned by John Hand, English 4