Misconceptions About The Khaleejis

Arabs, Arab Americans, and Muslims are often stereotyped in movies as sheiks, barbarians, or terrorist. As many Muslim Americans are visibly culturally distinct, it would be of value to explore whether attitudes of non-Muslims toward Muslim Americans resemble attitudes expressed by European non-Muslims toward members of these minority groups.

Islamic stereotypes are not new to Western culture. Problems can be traced back to the time of the Crusades, when Christians and Muslims were vying for control of Jerusalem. At

“When all imagemakers rightfully begin to treat Arabs and all other minorities with respect and dignity, we may begin to unlearn our prejudices” (Shaheen 87).

What we see at first glance and our stereotypes only scratches the surface of who people truly are and the depth of their culture. Beneath the surface lies what most would define as the most significant attributes of an individual: their values, perspectives, and experiences. While stereotyping can be useful, we must always remember its detriments; by judging based off of only preconceived notions that may or may not be true, we overgeneralize a diverse group of people, therefore forfeiting our understanding of that group. Moreover, stereotyping can be immensely upsetting to a person. Seeing stereotypes based upon who I am has opened my eyes to the unfair judgement I may cast upon others on a day to day basis. Think about it: how would you feel if came to you and said, “You’re an American. All Americans are stupid, so you must be stupid too, right?” As someone who wants to go into a research based field, I can only imagine the embarrassment I would feel if a European colleague disregarded my findings based upon the fact that I am American; although this seems like an extreme example, unfortunately, things like this happen every day. Misunderstanding or not completely understanding a person’s culture has consequences, whether it be as small as offending them with a hand gesture or as big as ostracizing a skilled and competent person based on mere

After several incidents that happened around the world, peoples view on Arabs changed. The media played a big role in “the stereotyping of Arabs”. It is one of the main reasons for people to think the way they are about Arabs. Many

It is a challenge to provide important information about specific cultures without the appearances of stereotyping and many educational programs are focused on helping learners to understand how to communicate with individuals from other cultures or with beliefs and experiences that are different from their own. (Fetters, 2005, p. 1307)

Concerning the issue of prejudice against Arab Americans, few researches have been done. It is surprising seeing as little attention has been paid to this ethno-religious group whose population rate has tremendously increased after 9/11. However, one study by Park, Felix, and Lee (2007) do give us an idea of how prejudice is expressed, implicitly or explicitly, against Muslim people. In their study, they found that discrimination against Arab Muslims is never shown in an explicit way but rather in a subtle way. They used an Implicit Association

There is almost always a prejudice against anyone that may look Arabic, they are automatically Muslim, and usually considered a threat. This paper was to educate

Before we identify a few biases associated with the Middle Eastern population, we must first familiarize ourselves with several characteristics of their culture and linguistics.

We can see that many of these negative stereotypes come from kids movies or shows. The mic.com showed us that in the movie Aladdin some of their song lyrics are screening a bad representation of who the Arabs truly are. Disney used Arab and Oriental tropes as the characters to sing these song lyrics “Where they cut off your ear, If they don't like your face...”. Here they are being very stereotypical about Arabic people and they are implying that they are mean, harsh and scary people. This causes kids to assume very highly that we should fear Arabic people because they don’t do have good intentions in the world this prevents people to image very racistly. Another example that Yes magazine shows us is in the movie Peter Pan. They said the movie is very hard to watch today because like in every classical Disney movie they are coming off as racist or sexist. In Peter Pan, there is a scene where Peter finds the Indians and they sing a song called “What Makes the Red Man Red” and the song is basically saying that the Indians didn't know anything and that their language is really basic since a lot of the words mean the same thing. They are making fun out of the Indians and they are making them look like fools because of their capacity knowledge and their concise language. In the last example, the Huffington Post says that it doesn’t matter that Disney is making their princesses more diverse they still have the

They respect both cultures, Hawaiian and Japanese. They often become agitated with the laws, others, and the many objectives that almost make them come close to failure. Despite the inflictions, they’re resistant personalities always manage to make a mager diffrence

Stereotype has always been a major situation among racial society, since the 1960’s all the way till today. Stereotype has been used as a separation among other racial ethnicities. Racial stereotyping has actually made humans believe how other’s actions are really supposed to be, and how they should be treated. However, some people from the racial stereotyping societies had disapproved this discrimination and had fought for their rights; because they believed that all humans are equal and must converge together as a unity of equality. Every person has his or her own different mind perspective on stereotyping; that can lead him or her to major consequences or moral lessons. Stereotyping has blinded many people from facing reality and

There was once a time when I was naïve about stereotyping and racism. Up until my teenage years, the notorious monsters had been elusive. Then one weekend, I came face-to-face with the disgusting monsters, rearing their hateful heads; capable of momentarily depleting love within a blink of the eye. Because of my shocking encounter, I am now cognizant of the ignorance that persists in the world. A valuable yet life-changing lesson in racism and the effects of stereotyping influenced the way I approach the world today. However, still optimistic and waiting impatiently for the day when the human race becomes accepting of one another… the hurtful lessons learned will always remain.

There was once a time in my life where I had judged a certain racial group by a ¨ single story¨. Social media had altered the appearance of the Muslim community. Muslims were altered to appear as terrorists, suicide bombers, and a great threat to the United States. Because of social media altering the Muslims´ appearance, this had made me view Muslims in a very negative manner. I saw Muslims as the way they were portrayed by the internet, a group of terrorists, suicide bombers, and a threat to our country. However, my false opinion had soon changed when I met a Muslim in person, she was the kindest woman I had ever met. I had also taken a liking to her culture as well meeting her family and getting to know them well had completely changed my

The world has millions of people of diverse cultural backgrounds. They have their own beliefs, food habits, art forms, and dressing styles. Since ancient times, these people are coming across each other and are exchanging their ideas. However, sometimes people turn hostile because of their cultural prejudices. This tendency to judge the other people based on the standards of his or her own culture is cultural bias. It is a major hindrance in performing a cross-cultural research. A person who is culturally biased ignores the differences that exist between his own culture and other cultures. Cultural bias can stereotype a culture. When a person says his cultures superior to others, he is undoubtedly culturally biased. Such a person never appreciates