Arab+Racism

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Racism is not just for the traditional minority groups in the United States, but it is for everyone around the world. These people can include Arabs. Ever since the event of 9/11 and way before, there has been a lot of discrimination against people from the Middle East. The stereotype is that they are all terrorists who want to attack our country. The American- Arab Anti- Discrimination Committee Research Institute (ADCRI) surveyed the Arab community in America the year of 9/11. They have found that there have been over 700 violent incidents targeting Arab- Americans and several murders. There were 165 violent incidents from January 1st to October 11, 2002; an increase from the past decade. There were over 80 cases of illegal and discriminatory removal of passengers from already boarded aircrafts. Also there were over 800 cases of employment discrimination, approximately a four- fold increase over previous annual rates. There have also been numerous instances of denial of service, discriminatory service and housing discrimination. A plausible cause of these discriminatory actions is the group of new policies for immigration. These include secret detentions, hearings, and deportations; alien registration based on national origin and ethnicity; “voluntary interviews” of thousands of young Arab men. Also there is monitoring of international students, discriminatory visa screening procedures for young Arab men and selective deportation of Middle Eastern “absconders”. Even though the incident of 9/11 had occurred about nine years ago, there is still a lot of racism and fear throughout the United States. The population has not co =====

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mpletely healed from 9/11 and probably will never heal. So as a result, there will always be some racism against anyone from the Middle East or who looks as if they are from that area. =====

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