You are more likely to be struck by lightning in your lifetime, than a Muslim is expected to commit a terrorist attack during that same timespan. The denouncing of Muslim assaults is made to seem so prevalent in America when most are not even traced back to Middle Easterners. Many Americans assume Middle Easterners are related to terrorist attacks due to the media's profound influence in creating Islamophobia in political news coverage. Violent assaults in recent years made by those who believe that all Middle Easterners are the Muslim terrorist have impacted the lives of innocent people. Reading “Crazy Horse Malt Liquor,” by Michael Dorris led to my interest in further investigating this issue, as it is still a concerning issue. The problem …show more content…
First I wanted have a clear idea of why people use stereotypes to label others and how it leads to the prejudgement. According to the article “Stereotypes and Prejudice,” by President and Fellows of Harvard College gave me a brief summary of how stereotypes and prejudice relate. Another part of the site gave facts as to what factors have led to stereotypes in America. It creates a timeline that starts with the 1700s when religions appeared to be stereotypical to other faiths. It ends with the 20th century, coincidentally having Muslims and Jews as their primary subject. The article goes into more details on how others portray Middle Eastern immigrants as dangerous and uncivilized. Although the main focus was on religion and how it connects to stereotypes it furthered my knowledge on how they started. By giving some gruesome examples of how many Muslims got treated in recent year, it leads me to believe that Americans pose a threat to …show more content…
In the article “Arab Americans: Stereotypes, Conflict, History, Cultural Identity and Post 9/11,” by Gaby Semaan I get an idea on how Arabs were affected and what made them a stereotypical target in America. Semaan begins by introducing the image of stereotypes that goes in a timeline from 1983-1999. Semaan then goes on to focus just on Arabians to give the reader a background on conflicts they had, their history, and cultural identity. By providing a clear background image of who Arabs were before being accused of starting 9/11, Semaan let me understand the struggles these people have gone through and how it continues to affects them. Many Americans don’t take the time to learn and understand Middle Eastern immigrants, which has never been seen as an issue. Semaan proves this to be true which strengthens the idea of how people in America are ignorant and prejudice towards