Impact Of Discrimination On Arab Americans - 1722 Words

Jonathan Adams Professor Jed Murr B CUSP 174 A: American Lives 16 June 2015 The Impacts of discrimination on Arab Americans in work place and education. The United States history is the history of immigrants. People from different countries came to the US for different reasons. Some came for political or religious freedom. Others came for economic status. Among those were Arabs. What is an Arab? What is an Arab American? Are these terms subject to negative treatment by others? What is it important to recognize these differences in the treatment of Arab-Americans and particularly in the work place and education? The American-Arab anti- discrimination committee defines Arab as- a cultural and linguistic term that includes people†¦show more content†¦They included mostly Muslims and were highly educated. Arab-Americans as an ethnic group traced their roots from Arabic speaking countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Today most Arab- Americans are the descendants of the first wave. They are Americans whose regional, ancestral homeland include twenty-two Arab countries in the south western Asia and North Africa. Arabic Speaking immigrants are now estimated at roughly two million, arrived in two waves. (Bonnie Moradi and Nadia Talal Hassan 418). Many factors contribute to the mistreatment of Arabs in the United States, but particular events have occurred in America that increased and encouraged these feelings in many people. Knowing how students of different ethnicities feel about their school experiences is vital to building trust. Understanding and respect among people can change the world with regard to diversity. The terms Arabs and/or Arab-Americans have a negative meaning attached to them. For instance Arab is associated with violence abusive, Arab is also seen as a threat or foreign to Americans. This kind of behavior will lead to unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of the color of their skin. In â€Å"Arab in American,† by Toufic El Rassi, El Rassi tells about his own personal experience as an average Arab American who struggled with his