Facts
1. Post-September 11 backlash has significantly spilled into the employment arena, exacerbating an already long-standing problem. Harassment of Arab Americans at work apparently became an act of patriotism for some of their coworkers.
2. Since September 11, the government’s most vigorous racial profiling practices have come in the immigration context, and mainly on a theory of preventive law enforcement.
3. There are countless stories of Arabs and Arab-Americans being singled out for “suspect” (criminal) treatment based on nothing more than their physical features and attire.
4. The Arab American community has been increasingly stigmatized and demonized as a so-called “terrorist” threat. For example, President Bush issued an executive order authorizing the creation of military tribunals to try non-citizens alleged to be involved in international terrorism. A number of U.S. Muslim charities were targeted for scrutiny, resulting in freezing of assets, seizure of records, charges filed against officers accused of aiding groups defined by the government as terrorist organizations, and the raiding of offices and homes of individual officers of these organizations.
5. Arab Americans continue to face higher rates of employment discrimination in both the public and private sectors and continuing challenges associated with government watch lists and immigration enforcement, according to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) "Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab Americans."
2. Since September 11, the government’s most vigorous racial profiling practices have come in the immigration context, and mainly on a theory of preventive law enforcement.
3. There are countless stories of Arabs and Arab-Americans being singled out for “suspect” (criminal) treatment based on nothing more than their physical features and attire.
4. The Arab American community has been increasingly stigmatized and demonized as a so-called “terrorist” threat. For example, President Bush issued an executive order authorizing the creation of military tribunals to try non-citizens alleged to be involved in international terrorism. A number of U.S. Muslim charities were targeted for scrutiny, resulting in freezing of assets, seizure of records, charges filed against officers accused of aiding groups defined by the government as terrorist organizations, and the raiding of offices and homes of individual officers of these organizations.
5. Arab Americans continue to face higher rates of employment discrimination in both the public and private sectors and continuing challenges associated with government watch lists and immigration enforcement, according to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) "Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab Americans."
Arab-American Stereotypes
1. They are all terrorists
2. They are all violent people
3. Women are subservient to men
4. They all hate Americans
2. They are all violent people
3. Women are subservient to men
4. They all hate Americans
