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^ Read * Whitewashed: America's Invisible Middle Eastern Minority (Critical America) by John Tehranian ä eBook or Kindle ePUB. Whitewashed: America's Invisible Middle Eastern Minority (Critical America) The Middle Eastern question lies at the heart of the most pressing issues of our time: the war in Iraq and on terrorism, the growing tension between preservation of our national security and protection of our civil rights, and the debate over immigration, assimilation, and our national identity. Unlike many other racial minorities in our country, Middle Eastern Americans have faced rising, rather than diminishing, degrees of discrimination over time; a fact highlighted by recent targeted immigra
| Title | : | Whitewashed: America's Invisible Middle Eastern Minority (Critical America) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814782736 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
But Middle Easterners hit a bump in the road, amplified in post-9/11 America: "selective racialization"--the famous or successful are perceived as white, while the infamous "are racialized as Middle Eastern." Tehranian addresses the impact of the "war on terror" on the lives and liberties of Middle Eastern Americans as their "public image transitioned from (possibly white) assimilable ethnics to the quintessential Other." His proposals for reform range from the ameliorative ("reform media portrayals") to the legislative (outlaw racial profiling). Tehranian's book covers fresh legal and social ter
Charles A. Schuler said Much needed exposure of a cruel bias. John Tehranian has written a book that everybody in the USA should read. Unfortunately, his language tends to be stilted and will not serve his purpose well too bad, as this book is important.We have become too complacent about our liberties and rights as citizens. He points out how our society has selectively denied human rights (even to citizens) on whimsical/racial/current-topic bases.It's sad that the wonde. Fascinating and important This book was quite fascinating to read. For a long time, I have wondered how Arab Americans are considered "white/Caucasian" on the US Census, but are perceived as racially and/or ethnically different by most Americans. The history of that issue provided by Tehranian is thoughtful and eye-opening, and he creates a bridge from the past to the present to help you understand the situation today.. Incredibly disappointing 621J3 To say I was severely disappointed by this book would be a major understatement. I was extremely excited to purchase this book because I feel the topic and the light it shines on it is extremely important and ignored. Tehranian had a golden opportunity to write a book on important topic and get the word out. He could have done so in a book that was easy to read and would appeal to the masses. Instead, in typical
The Middle Eastern question lies at the heart of the most pressing issues of our time: the war in Iraq and on terrorism, the growing tension between preservation of our national security and protection of our civil rights, and the debate over immigration, assimilation, and our national identity. Unlike many other racial minorities in our country, Middle Eastern Americans have faced rising, rather than diminishing, degrees of discrimination over time; a fact highlighted by recent targeted immigration policies, racial profiling, a war on terr
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