Stereotypes Of Immigrants From Islam

Everyone in life wants a better life for themselves and their next generations. Many people in different countries are migrating to The United States for one or two main goals. Those two goals are a better opportunity for employment and education. Which in turn, accomplishing either one of these goals will provide a higher quality of life and a sense of importance for themselves and their family. However, Americans view the immigrants differently from what they are. Some Americans view the immigrants with different stereotypes such as being lazy system abusers, dangerous criminals, and job thieves, just to name a few. However, these stereotypes are not true and does not represent the majority of immigrant. In actuality, immigrants are very disciplined, hard workers whom are also highly motivated opportunity chasers, where in these ways they should and need to be viewed by Americans.

Everyone in life wants a better life for themselves and their next generations. Many people in different countries are migrating to The United States for one or two main goals. Those two goals are a better opportunity for employment and education. Which in turn, accomplishing either one of these goals will provide a higher quality of life and a sense of importance for themselves and their family. However, Americans view the immigrants differently from what they are. Some Americans view the immigrants with different stereotypes and prejudices such as being lazy system abusers, dangerous criminals, and job thieves, just to name a few. However, these stereotypes are not true and does not represent the majority of immigrants. In actuality, immigrants are very disciplined hard workers whom are also highly motivated opportunity chasers, where in these ways they should and need to be viewed by Americans.

The works of Nancy Foner and other scholars inform readers that, during the 1880-1920 and 1965-present waves of immigration to New York City, new immigrant arrivals have assimilated into New York life through collective and divergent histories of ascribed stereotypes and achieved identities. Many so-called native New Yorkers, usually people of Northern European ancestry whose local roots have spanned several generations, have labeled newcomers mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa with a range of positive and negative stereotypes. Such ascribed stereotypes have both privileged and disadvantaged immigrant groups. Immigrants belonging to certain nationalities and ethnicities with cultural practices

Since 9/11/2001 hate crimes related to Islam-phobia has risen to nearly 481 and since has stayed above 100 in subsequent years. In 2015, 2% of hate crimes are anti-Islamic. Many times people are attacked for wearing hijabs, and even non-Islamic, Arabic people that wear hijabs are attacked because of their "terrorist" appearance. This is a ludicrous thing, comparing a group of millions of faithful followers to 22 extremists. Now, every day, Islamic followers live in fear of being attacked for their beliefs; this fear escalates one day a year—9/11.

They knew all of those hopes dreams were not real only after they had started working under Americans who deported them based on any small complaint. This is not going to work anymore. The children could not go to school because they had to work with their parents on the field because they did not have any choice, even if they did go to school they did not have enough to satisfy their basic needs.

It ties back to the research in that people are hypocrites who think it’s okay to attack Middle Easterners and then complain that they are the threat to others.The label is the misconception of who Middle Easterners are, the truth is: most Arabs are not terrorists, most Muslims are not Arab, and many of the early Arab immigrants adjusted well in America. The news on TV decides to create a different image of Middle Easterners, warning the public that they are a dangerous and can’t be trusted. The public then thinks it’s okay to harm them, with the excuse that they look similar to the people on the news, or just because of the intense hatred that they have against them. They have a fixed mindset that leads them to believe that Middle Easterners are what social media labels them to be. Vicious murders such as the one in Manhattan proved this hostility when a Middle Eastern taxi driver was stabbed in the face and throat because his passenger discovered he was a Muslim. America has made these attacks on Middle Easterners a common threat. The feud between whether or not this group of people should stay in America now becomes a more pressing issue than just hateful comments on the internet. If the news does not begin to inform the public on the true connections, if any, that Middle Easterners have to terrorist attacks then these immigrants will never feel safe in a country that wants them

Since September 11, 2001 the Muslim religion has been assaulted verbally and physically. People of the religion had to fear from physical threats, their religious gathering places vandalized, and hate speech is readily heard. 16 years later, this behavior is still in existence but has gone further by demonizing their beliefs through the media. Hate groups such as ISIS and the Taliban support the demonize being made and causing the non-extremist to feel the wrath of intolerance. Social intolerance of this religion has caused conflict for women wearing Hijab. They are being subject to having to remove such item to participate in events of daily

The Republicans Immigration and the Rule of Law is a controversial topic because of the stereotypical propaganda such that all legal and illegal immigrants take jobs and blow up buildings. These ideas are byproducts of racial profiling in America. Racial profiling is a common occurrence in the United States. Though there are some in support of the policy because of non racial porfiling ideas, that doesnt stop the ideas of

A recent study debunks the stereotype that the influx of immigrants is harmful to our country and that immigrants are bringing problems to the United States. The study looked at teens, both native-born and immigrants. While about half the teens were Hispanic, the study also included participants from other ethnic backgrounds. One-fifth were non-Hispanic white, and another one-fifth were Asian.

I definitely agree that Jewish immigrants were viewed with a lot of prejudice. To your point about the larger migration that occurred around the nineteenth century, I found that in The Ethnic Dimension In American History on page 155, it points out how in 1880 the population had risen to more than 250,000. The differences between German Jews and Eastern European Jews may have made thing a bit more difficult internally as well. While the numbers may not have seemed like that of many other ethnic groups it is clear there was marginalization from various hate groups like you mention with the KKK. The perception and lack of cultural understanding must have made discrimination a tool of the various nativist

The world is filled with different races, cultures, religions and beliefs; everyone has a different opinion and perspectives on life. Unfortunately not everyone respects other peoples personal opinions, this had led to discrimination, stereotyping, hatred and even war. After many incidents that affected the world; Arabs started being discriminated by many people. People were stereotyping the Arabs and they had the wrong image about them.

In the recent years there has been an increase in the number of terrorist attacks and groups such as 9-11, Paris, and Isis . As these attacks get more and more frequent and so does the amount of media that covers them. When the media reports about these events they can spread untrue, misleading or misunderstood information. This kind of spread can get cause stereotypes among the American people.

Since Islam is a religion that promotes peace and kindness, one could ask where the stereotype that all Muslims are terrorists originated. Following the tragedies of September 11, 2001, Arabs and Muslims have been presented as potential terrorists. This idea stemmed from the theory that, “media bias increases when a specific ethnic, religious, or racial group is seen as a threat to national security.” (Stiffler, 2013). Since the attacks on September 11, 2001 Muslims and Arabs have been “hyper-visible” in the media as potential terrorists. Due to the negative media attention and failure of most media platforms to

Islam is the religion that is followed through Muslims about the teachings through Muhammad by the prophet Allah. Today Islam is considered as one of the most prominent religions followed throughout the world. Though Islam is thought of has one of the most popular religion across the world, many still lack the understanding of what Islam is. Following 9/11, the perception of Muslims changed thus proposing the idea of Islamophobia. Defined by the Oxford English Dictionary Islamophobia is the unfair prejudice or discrimination towards Muslims due to race, religion, or ethnic identity. The idea changed the way that all Muslims were perceived throughout America and the world. Muslims today face discrimination throughout the society. Following 9/11 the Muslim people are being treated unfairly because of their religion by the exclusion of the Muslim culture in American society, Muslims are being targeted and harmed in public, and Muslims are perceived as a terrorist or threat to national security.

The connection between Islam and terrorism was not intensified until the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center that pushed the Islamic faith into the national and international spotlight (Smith, 2013). As Smith (2013) articulated, “Many Americans who had never given Islam a second thought before 9/11 now had to figure out how to make sense of these events and relate to the faith tradition that ostensibly inspired them” (p. 1). One way in which people made sense of these events was through the media channels that influenced their overall opinions by shaping a framework of censored ideas (Yusof, Hassan, Hassan & Osman, 2013). In a survey conducted by Pew Forum (2012), 32% of people reported that their opinions of Muslims were greatly influenced by the media’s portrayal of Islam that depicted violent pictorials and fundamentalist Muslims. Such constant negative depiction is likely to lead to the inevitable—prejudice and hate crime. For instance, in 2002 alone there were approximately 481 hate crimes that were carried out against Muslims (Smith, 2013). Ever since the 9/11 attacks Muslim people have been the target of “suspicion, harassment and discrimination” (Talal, n.d., p. 9).