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1 online resource (256 pages). |
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Critical America Series |
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Critical America.
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| Summary |
Middle Easterners: Sometimes White, Sometimes Not - an article by John Tehranian. The 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, r. |
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Print version record. |
| 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. |
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Arab Americans -- Social conditions.
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Iranian Americans -- Social conditions.
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Turkish Americans -- Social conditions.
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Arab Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Iranian Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Turkish Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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White people -- Race identity -- United States.
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Racism -- United States.
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Race discrimination -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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Américains d'origine arabe -- Conditions sociales.
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Américains d'origine iranienne -- Conditions sociales.
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Américains d'origine turque -- Conditions sociales.
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Racisme -- États-Unis.
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États-Unis -- Relations raciales.
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LAW -- Discrimination.
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Arab Americans -- Social conditions
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Iranian Americans -- Social conditions
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Race discrimination
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Race relations
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Racism
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White people -- Race identity
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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LAW / Discrimination
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tehranian, John. Whitewashed : America's Invisible Middle Eastern Minority. New York : NYU Press, ©2008 9780814783061 (OCoLC)228425560 |
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9780814784235 |
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0814784232 |
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AU@ 000055798276 |
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DEBSZ 431102082 |
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DEBSZ 449287912 |
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