Islamophobia and Racism in America

This sociological study combines an overview of U.S. Islamophobia in recent decades, an analysis of a potentially emergent “Middle Eastern American” identity, and a re-theorization of race that has implications for how effective political coalitions might be built to address various forms of discri...

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Autor principal: Todd M. Michney
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Publicado: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2017
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:57e719b7ed8c416ba22736fa636433422021-12-02T19:23:08ZIslamophobia and Racism in America10.35632/ajis.v34i3.7862690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/57e719b7ed8c416ba22736fa636433422017-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/786https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 This sociological study combines an overview of U.S. Islamophobia in recent decades, an analysis of a potentially emergent “Middle Eastern American” identity, and a re-theorization of race that has implications for how effective political coalitions might be built to address various forms of discrimination faced by American Muslims and other religio-ethnic groups originating from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. While looking back further, Love’s central focus is on “anti-Islamophobia advocacy at the national level, from the late 1970s through the early 2010s” (p. 30). Making good use of seventy interviews conducted from 2005-15, this component represents the book’s greatest original research contribution. Although provocative, Love’s argument that we should theorize Islamophobia as racism and politically organize accordingly is potentially problematic ... Todd M. MichneyInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 34, Iss 3 (2017)
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Islamophobia and Racism in America
description This sociological study combines an overview of U.S. Islamophobia in recent decades, an analysis of a potentially emergent “Middle Eastern American” identity, and a re-theorization of race that has implications for how effective political coalitions might be built to address various forms of discrimination faced by American Muslims and other religio-ethnic groups originating from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. While looking back further, Love’s central focus is on “anti-Islamophobia advocacy at the national level, from the late 1970s through the early 2010s” (p. 30). Making good use of seventy interviews conducted from 2005-15, this component represents the book’s greatest original research contribution. Although provocative, Love’s argument that we should theorize Islamophobia as racism and politically organize accordingly is potentially problematic ...
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