The U.S. public conflates Arab and South Asian identities

Evidence

The fact that Arabs were blamed for the 9/11 terrorist attacks but South Asians were also subject to attacks, harassment, deportation, and surveillance demonstrates that the U.S. public conflates these identities. The Ad Council continues this conflation through the ambiguous representation of this Arab/South Asian man as an American. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 1159