Whitewashed : America's Invisible Middle Eastern Minority / John Tehranian.
2008
E184.A65 T45 2009eb
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Title
Whitewashed : America's Invisible Middle Eastern Minority / John Tehranian.
Author
Tehranian, John, author.
ISBN
9780814784235
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2008]
Copyright
©2008
Language
English
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In English.
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10.18574/nyu/9780814784235.001.0001 doi
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E184.A65 T45 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.89/4073
Summary
Middle Easterners: Sometimes White, Sometimes Not - an article by John TehranianThe 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. Yet paradoxically, little attention is focused on our domestic Middle Eastern population and its place in American society. 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 terrorism with a decided racialist bent, and growing rates of job discrimination and hate crime. Oddly enough, however, Middle Eastern Americans are not even considered a minority in official government data. Instead, they are deemed white by law. In Whitewashed, John Tehranian combines his own personal experiences as an Iranian American with an expert's analysis of current events, legal trends, and critical theory to analyze this bizarre Catch-22 of Middle Eastern racial classification. He explains how American constructions of Middle Eastern racial identity have changed over the last two centuries, paying particular attention to the shift in perceptions of the Middle Easterner from friendly foreigner to enemy alien, a trend accelerated by the tragic events of 9/11. Focusing on the contemporary immigration debate, the war on terrorism, media portrayals of Middle Easterners, and the processes of creating racial stereotypes, Tehranian argues that, despite its many successes, the modern civil rights movement has not done enough to protect the liberties of Middle Eastern Americans.By following how concepts of whiteness have transformed over time, Whitewashed forces readers to rethink and question some of their most deeply held assumptions about race in American society.
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Critical America ; ; 46
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Price of the Ticket
1 Constructing Caucasians: A Brief History of Whiteness
2 Performing Whiteness: Law, Dramaturgy, and the Paradox of Middle Eastern Racial Classification
3 From Friendly Foreigner to Enemy Race: Selective Racialization, Covering, and the Negotiation of Middle Eastern American Identity
4 The Last Minstrel Show? Middle Easterners in Media
5 Threat Level Orange: The War on Terrorism and the Assault on Middle Eastern Civil Rights
6 Lifting the Veil: Thinking about Reform
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Price of the Ticket
1 Constructing Caucasians: A Brief History of Whiteness
2 Performing Whiteness: Law, Dramaturgy, and the Paradox of Middle Eastern Racial Classification
3 From Friendly Foreigner to Enemy Race: Selective Racialization, Covering, and the Negotiation of Middle Eastern American Identity
4 The Last Minstrel Show? Middle Easterners in Media
5 Threat Level Orange: The War on Terrorism and the Assault on Middle Eastern Civil Rights
6 Lifting the Veil: Thinking about Reform
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Author