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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethnic stratification
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- Initiation of judicial proceedings
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Arab Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-1986
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nabeel Abraham
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94015616
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans