Stereotypes Of Arab America
Stephane Rouamba
Final Assessment
The United States of America is home of millions immigrants from around the world. People from Europe, Africa, Asia, America have immigrated to the united States. That is probably why the United States is a melting pot today with different cultures, languages, and religions. Among those immigrants, we can cite the Arabic group. The Arab American Institute states that Arab Americans constitute an ethnicity made up of several waves of immigrants from the Arabic-speaking countries of southwestern Asia and North Africa that have settled …show more content…
They value family, friendship, and hospitality. They prefer to live close to each other in order to stay in touch. They are against premarital sex, especially for females. Females should preserve chastity and fidelity. Arab Americans thinks that Americans are too lax on family …show more content…
Another misconception about them is that they are nomad and that they oppress their women. Even though women are more protected by laws in the United States, the percentage of physical abuse of women is higher in the US than in the Arabic countries. Arabs American has a long list of stereotype. They are considered to be, thieves, murderers, dirty, crafty, corrupt, highway robbers, dope runners and white slavers. (everyculture.com). I personally think that media and television portray and perpetuate these stereotypes. In many Americans movies, terrorist are usually from an Arabic country. For instance, most of the terrorist in the TV show 24h were from an Arabic country. The Wall Street center bombing on September 11, 2011 and video of the war in Iraq made these stereotypes stronger.
Assimilation was easy in American society by the fact that the majority were Christian (everyculture.com). Arab American doesn’t consume pork. Within each group in the Arabic American community has their own dialect even though many of them are very similar. Not many of them wear the tradition dress and the scarf around their head. Women don’t have power in the Arabic community. Men take important decision and women are in charge of nurturing children, doing homework, and taking care of her
Final Assessment
The United States of America is home of millions immigrants from around the world. People from Europe, Africa, Asia, America have immigrated to the united States. That is probably why the United States is a melting pot today with different cultures, languages, and religions. Among those immigrants, we can cite the Arabic group. The Arab American Institute states that Arab Americans constitute an ethnicity made up of several waves of immigrants from the Arabic-speaking countries of southwestern Asia and North Africa that have settled …show more content…
They value family, friendship, and hospitality. They prefer to live close to each other in order to stay in touch. They are against premarital sex, especially for females. Females should preserve chastity and fidelity. Arab Americans thinks that Americans are too lax on family …show more content…
Another misconception about them is that they are nomad and that they oppress their women. Even though women are more protected by laws in the United States, the percentage of physical abuse of women is higher in the US than in the Arabic countries. Arabs American has a long list of stereotype. They are considered to be, thieves, murderers, dirty, crafty, corrupt, highway robbers, dope runners and white slavers. (everyculture.com). I personally think that media and television portray and perpetuate these stereotypes. In many Americans movies, terrorist are usually from an Arabic country. For instance, most of the terrorist in the TV show 24h were from an Arabic country. The Wall Street center bombing on September 11, 2011 and video of the war in Iraq made these stereotypes stronger.
Assimilation was easy in American society by the fact that the majority were Christian (everyculture.com). Arab American doesn’t consume pork. Within each group in the Arabic American community has their own dialect even though many of them are very similar. Not many of them wear the tradition dress and the scarf around their head. Women don’t have power in the Arabic community. Men take important decision and women are in charge of nurturing children, doing homework, and taking care of her