Anti-Iran hostility targeted ordinary expatriates, not just hostage-takers
Evidence
As evidenced in the most famous photograph to come from these demonstrations, American animosity toward Iranians was not only limited to those revolutionaries involved in the hostage crisis. It was also aimed at ordinary Iranians living in the United States, with what became an all-too-common sentiment: “Deport all Iranians, get the hell out of my country” — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 84
Categorization
- XREF: Relates to the browning of liminal racial groups already documented in chapter 1, and echoes the mob-lashing dynamics from the reader’s interest in how groups get scapegoated.