Arab American

An ethnic/racial category referring to people of Arab descent living in the United States, often treated as a distinct community subject to specific forms of discrimination, marginalization, and political dynamics in the American context.

Claims that use this term

• Islamophobic crisis produces simultaneous mainstreaming and marginalization of Arab American communities
• Anti-Muslim crisis periods simultaneously empower and marginalize Arab American communities
• Arab American political inclusion was purchased as geopolitics demanded
• Racial-profiling debates erase Arab American self-representation and voice.
• Arab American job seekers erase Al Jazeera from résumés to avoid discrimination
• Police recruited undercover informants to befriend and spy on Arab American communities