Reflection Paper IX
Arab and Muslim Americans Ethnic Integration
Instructions;
Provide a 1 to 2-page critical analysis on the presentations and readings on Arab Americans.
· Briefly, explain three significant findings you found through the combined readings and resources that enlightened you on the Americanization experiences between Arab and Muslim Americans.
· Apart from other ethnic minority groups explored, Muslim and Arab Americans possess a blended identity–a self-image and worldview that combines religious faith, a cultural background on nationality, and the status of being a resident of the United States, thereby their Americanization would mostly likely resemble cultural pluralism over assimilation. Since Anglo-conformity has been shown to be a source of Americanization, how threatening is Arab American’s inability to shed ethnic-identity for an Anglo-American identity to their American identity? Does this enlighten your understanding on the persistent othering of Arab and Muslim Americans?
· Put into your own words Islamophobia. How do you interpret the effects of Islamophobia from the lens of an Arab or Muslim American? What did you learn?
· American or Second-Class citizen: How would you measure your Americanism if you were a member of an ethnic minority group continuously subjected to ethnic profiling, airport searches, immigration ban, and branded terrorist? Would this qualify as oppression as explained through h the readings of Freire?
· Why are the reactions of some to seeing Muslim women wearing the hijab different from seeing Orthodox Jewish men wearing kippas (skullcaps) or Amish women who wear easily identified bonnets? In addition, using Freire, given the politicized climate today, can Muslim Americans be authentic and American through wearing traditional attire?
· What do you conclude on the Americanization outlook for Arab and Muslim Americans?
Format;
· Minimum 1-page(s)
· Typed
· Single-space
· 12-font size, Times Roman
Due Date: Wednesday, December 6, by close of day