essay
Anti-Arab racism and violence in the United States
development of arab-american identity • Ann Arbor • Published In 1994 • Pages: 155-214
By: Abraham, Nabeel.
Abstract
This is a review of various acts of anti-Arab racism and hate violence in the United States during the 1980s. A report by the Center for Democratic Renewal (CDR) and published by the National Council of Churches recorded nearly 3,000 acts of 'bigoted violence' against Arab-Americans during this same period. According to the author the conventional view of racism and violence as propounded in the CDR and similar reports -- as instituted by far-right, racist and anti-semitic organizations -- is too narrow to account adequately for all cases of anti-Arab racism and violence. Abraham suggest several other causative factors, as for example international terrorism, world conflicts (the Gulf War), and even xenophobia. In conclusion the author's analysis of his data seem to indicate further inadequacies in the conventional view of racism: namely that anti-Arab racism in the late twentieth century is not only a fringe phenomenon, but extends to mainstream society as well (p. 160).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1980-1986
- Coverage Place
- United States
- Notes
- Nabeel Abraham
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214)
- LCCN
- 94015616
- LCSH
- Arab Americans