Since 9/11 , anti-Middle Eastern racism has risen dramatically . A man in Houston , Texas , who was shot and wounded after an assailant accused him of " blowing up the country " , and four immigrants shot and killed by a man named Larme Price , who confessed to killing them as revenge for the September 11 attacks . Price said he was motivated by a desire to kill people of Arab descent after the attacks . Although Price described his victims as Arabs , only one was from an Arab country . This appears to be a trend ; because of stereotypes of Arabs , several non-Arab , non-Muslim groups were subjected to attacks in the wake of 9/11 , including several Sikh men attacked for wearing their religiously-mandated turban . Price 's mother , Leatha Price , said that her son 's anger at Arabs was a matter of mental illness , not ethnic hatred
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Anti-Middle Eastern sentiment