"culture ignorance"

             Hi my name is Tanya. I am reading a book called Zeitoun in my English 101 class. The author of the book is Dave Eggers and he writes about a Muslim man who lives through the events of hurricane Katrina. In the book the main character, Zeitoun, is capture and placed in prison with out being told the reason. In  the story culture ignorance is shown. Dave Eggers writes "moments later, another passing solider looked at Zeitoun and muttered Taliban" (Eggers 213). Zeitoun was called a Taliban because of his culture. If he was Caucasian man he wouldn't be called a Taliban. It would be the same if he was an African American. because Zeitoun appearance tells you his culture the soldiers associate him with Taliban's, Terrorist, and Al Qaeda. The term culture ignorance is associating every one with the same culture with the most talked about scenarios. Hurricane Katrina happened shortly after 9/1. This plays a huge part in why Zeitoun was arrested. it had nothing to do with the fact that he was suspected of looting. it was because he was Muslim and from the middle east.