SOCIAL AND MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY Counseling Arab Americans Jay C Coleman Amridge University Abstract The belief‚ common among non-Arab Americans‚ that Arabic families are oppressive and dominated by violent fathers who mistreat their wives and children‚ has been documented in numerous sources (e.g. Suleiman‚ 1988‚ Al-Mughni‚ 1993). This is probably not unexpected given the struggle to fit traditional Islam with expanding women’s rights throughout the Muslim world (Al-Mughni‚ 1993). Despite
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Arabs and Muslim Americans Andrew J. Ayers ETH/125 April 11‚ 2011 Teresa Edge Arabs and Muslim Americans What distinguishes African American Muslims from other practicing Muslims in the United States today? * Arabs are an ethnic group. * Muslims are a religious group. * Islam is the faith‚ like Christianity. * Muslim is a believer of that religion‚ like a Christian. * You cannot accurately identify the Muslims by nationality alone. * Just because you are Arab does
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Muslim and Arab Americans are often mistaken for one another when in fact they are two different groups of people‚ although there are some cases where they overlap. Muslims are a religious group and follow the Islam religion. Arabs are an ethnic group. When we speak of an Arab we are referring to what part of the world they came from. When speaking of a Muslim we speak of the religion that they follow. In the past two years‚ there have been no changes made in US policy regarding the treatment
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The controversy over whether Arab Americans can obtain the American dream erupted in 2001 after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. This wasn’t the first time that Arab Americans had felt unsafe in the U.S. hence the Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) along with other advocates. Arab Americans are Americans of Arab ethnic‚ identity or culture‚ who identify as Arab. Today‚ it is estimated that nearly 3.5 million Americans trace their roots to an Arab country. People of every color
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have been greatly influencing the development of Arab-American literature. Political contexts provided an impetus for Arab-American writers to express political beliefs in their works and address the questions of identity‚ ideology‚ and other subjects connected to political actions. Most of the issues considered by writers and researchers of Arab-American literature can also be found in literatures of other “hyphenated” Americans. However‚ Arab-American literature have strongest bonds to the political
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Randa Ibrahim American movies stereotype Arabs The documentary of Jack Shaheen “Reel bad Arabs” discussed how American movies portraits Arabs as terrorist. It did not discuss only one movie. It discussed many of them‚ which will help me‚ support my topic by referring to the movies included in the documentary and also by his criticism and explanation. The Media critic used many films in him documentary to proof that this was done by purpose and to convince the audience that the American movies are stereotyping
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Arab people‚ also known as Arabic people‚ Arabs (Arabic: عرب‚ ʿarab) Arabian people and Arabians‚ are a panethnic group[14]primarily inhabiting Western Asia‚ North Africa‚ and parts of the Horn of Africa. Their language is Arabic which is of the Afroasiatic family and traditionally Hamito-Semitic. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical‚ linguistic or cultural grounds‚[15] with tribal affiliations and intra-tribal relationships playing an important part of Arab identity.[16] Most
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Discrimination and Poverty in African Americans Abstract Discrimination and poverty are problems that many are currently facing in the United States. African Americans in particular are the most affected by discrimination and poverty. Currently the economic status of African Americans in the United States is 56 percent of that of Whites when comparing income‚ unemployment‚ homeownership‚ business ownership‚ median net worth and poverty rates. As Malcolm Gladwell discusses in “Black Like Them”
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African Americans tend to fall under a lower class due to discrimination. African Americans are less likely to own a house‚ less likely to have a consistent job‚ and less likely to have the same pay as Caucasians. According to Shin‚ a personal financier‚ “The median white homeowner’s house is worth $85‚800 compared to $50‚000 for black homeowners. Discriminatory lending also exists today: Mortgages obtained by households of color tend to have higher interest rates” (Shin). African Americans are discriminated
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Italian Americans and Discrimination Matt Johnson ETH125 February 27‚ 2011 Frederica Banning Italian Americans and Discrimination It may be hard to tell by my name‚ but I am from Italian descent and have a hard time relating to my heritage. I have never had a problem with this fact until this assignment‚ and now I truly want to find out more about the culture and heritage that I come from. After doing some research‚ it is plain to me that even Italian Americans face discrimination and prejudice
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