The Sociopolitical History of Arabs in the United States: Assimilation, Ethnicity, and Global Citizenship

Abdelhady, Dalia

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8238-3_2

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“…Although the 1917 and 1924 immigration laws did not include some parts of the Middle East (Cainkar 2009), the period between 1924 and 1965 marked a period of limited immigration for these groups. During this period of low immigration, a second generation of Arab and Middle Eastern Americans came of age accessing some privileges of whiteness (Abdelhady 2014; Cainkar 2009). However, after 1965, a majority of Arab and Middle Eastern immigrants were Muslims from Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, and the Persian Gulf (Orfalea 2006).…”

Section: Brown Racialization: Layering Race Ethnicity National Origmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Different Kind of Brown: Arabs and Middle Easterners as Anti-American Muslims

Zopf

2017

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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The growth of nonwhite/nonblack ethnoracial minority groups, especially Latina/os, Asians, and Arab/Middle Easterners, is redefining the United States racial landscape. These groups, which defy straightforward racial classification and occupy different positions in the racial order, challenge narrow conceptualizations of race based on skin color and phenotype. Interviews with 53 Egyptian and Egyptian Americans reveal the existence of a brown racialization that simultaneously homogenizes, yet differentiates, brown-skinned ethnoracial groups. Their narratives indicate a brown ethnoracial category differentiated by ethnic, national origin, and religious differences. In problematizing the homogenization of this broad brown ethnoracial category, Egyptians emphasize the racialization of Islam as a key differentiating factor distinguishing them as a particular kind of brown. This research demonstrates racialization as a layered process in which race, ethnicity, national origin, and religion combine in unique ways in defining Arabs and Middle Easterners not only as brown and foreign but also more specifically as anti-American Muslim terrorists.

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Section: Brown Racialization: Layering Race Ethnicity National Origmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Different Kind of Brown: Arabs and Middle Easterners as Anti-American Muslims

Zopf

2017

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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“…Documented immigration to the U.S. from Arab countries began in the late 1800s and continues through the present day. Numerous scholars have defined multiple waves of Arab immigration ( Abdelhady, 2014 ; Suleiman, 1999 ), and the most recent waves are generally lumped into a post-1965 cohort. Since 1965, immigration to the U.S. from Arabic-speaking countries has been constant.…”

Section: Incorporating Ethnic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Arab American Cognitive Aging: Opportunities for Advancing Research on Alzheimer’s Disease Disparities

Ajrouch

Zahodne

Antonucci

2017

Innovation in Aging

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Background and ObjectivesThis article highlights the dearth of and need for research on Arab American cognitive aging. We propose that studying cognitive health issues among older Arab Americans provides an innovative opportunity to advance knowledge about causes and consequences of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) disparities and refine understanding of factors linked to immigrant health in the United States.Research Design and MethodsDemographic information is provided on Arab Americans, who are on the cusp of being recognized by the U.S. government as a distinct ethnic group separate from whites. In the tradition of minority aging, we present a broad review of specific issues in the contemporary case of Arab Americans.ResultsWe detail how including Arab Americans provides unique information on the importance of: (i) extending racial/ethnic group comparisons; (ii) linking social experiences to late-life cognitive health; and (iii) incorporating ethnic factors related to immigration and religion in the study of AD disparities.Discussion and ImplicationsStudying Arab American cognitive aging provides an innovative opportunity to more fully delineate factors that create and sustain health disparities, with special insights into both causes and consequences.

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“…The second wave of Arab immigrants came post-World War II following the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. Unlike the first wave, these Arab immigrants were mostly educated professionals, escaping from political persecution and war to seek a new life in the United States (Abdelhady, 2014; Britto, 2008). Around 70% of this group of Arab immigrants were Muslims from Egypt, Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq (Arab-American Historical Foundation, 2003).…”

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Does It Mean We are American? A “Figured Worlds” Approach To Young Children’s Identity as Second-Generation Iraqi Refugees in the United States

Mehta

2022

International Review of Qualitative Research

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This article draws on data from a participatory visual ethnography exploring the identities of two second-generation Iraqi refugee boys living in a southern state of the United States. It describes multiple “figured worlds” ( Holland, et al., 1998 ) as the context of identity negotiation in the lives of these children. Findings also reveal multi-layered fluidity among figured worlds, children’s authoring in negotiating figured worlds, and the possible influence of the family’s pre-migration trauma on identity. The article argues that to support the well-being of second-generation refugee children and their families, we need to understand the multiplicity of refugee children’s identity and how children construct their figured worlds using resources from their multiple communities.

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The Sociopolitical History of Arabs in the United States: Assimilation, Ethnicity, and Global Citizenship

Cited by 16 publications

References 28 publications

A Different Kind of Brown: Arabs and Middle Easterners as Anti-American Muslims

A Different Kind of Brown: Arabs and Middle Easterners as Anti-American Muslims

Arab American Cognitive Aging: Opportunities for Advancing Research on Alzheimer’s Disease Disparities

Does It Mean We are American? A “Figured Worlds” Approach To Young Children’s Identity as Second-Generation Iraqi Refugees in the United States

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