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Information on the effects of September 11^th is extremely spread out on many websites. It was difficult to find an “official” website that included information on all aspects of my topic. However, I did find a personal blog that included a lot of the information. The blog is effective in that it breaks down the various effects into categories and includes a lot of great pictures, but the layout of the article seems to be lacking. At first glance, the blog seems illegitimate. It takes a little reading and knowledge about the subject to realize that the blogger actually has a little bit of credibility on the subject. The blogger includes links to her sources, but they are mostly lesser known obscure news sites. Even still, a majority of the blog entries are entirely opinion and personal experience.

Reading the blog was actually a bit surprising. The blogger agrees with most of my ideas, and even brings up some new things that I never thought about. Political, economic, and social effects are addressed in the blog just as in my topic. Another interesting topic that the blogger brings up is the increase in racism after September 11, which I agree with wholly. There has been a dramatic increase in discrimination towards Muslims since the attacks. While I think a lot of the discrimination is a subconscious emotional effect of the attacks, it still exists and is a problem in America today.