Middle Easterners: Sometimes White, Sometimes Not - an article by
John Tehranian The Middle Eastern question lies at the heart of the
most pressing issues of our time: the war in Iraq and on terrorism,
the growing tension between preservation of our national security
and protection of our civil rights, and the debate over
immigration, assimilation, and our national identity. Yet
paradoxically, little attention is focused on our domestic Middle
Eastern population and its place in American society. Unlike many
other racial minorities in our country, Middle Eastern Americans
have faced rising, rather than diminishing, degrees of
discrimination over time; a fact highlighted by recent targeted
immigration policies, racial profiling, a war on terrorism with a
decided racialist bent, and growing rates of job discrimination and
hate crime. Oddly enough, however, Middle Eastern Americans are not
even considered a minority in official government data. Instead,
they are deemed white by law. In Whitewashed, John Tehranian
combines his own personal experiences as an Iranian American with
an expert's analysis of current events, legal trends, and critical
theory to analyze this bizarre Catch-22 of Middle Eastern racial
classification. He explains how American constructions of Middle
Eastern racial identity have changed over the last two centuries,
paying particular attention to the shift in perceptions of the
Middle Easterner from friendly foreigner to enemy alien, a trend
accelerated by the tragic events of 9/11. Focusing on the
contemporary immigration debate, the war on terrorism, media
portrayals of Middle Easterners, and the processes of creating
racial stereotypes, Tehranian argues that, despite its many
successes, the modern civil rights movement has not done enough to
protect the liberties of Middle Eastern Americans. By following how
concepts of whiteness have transformed over time, Whitewashed
forces readers to rethink and question some of their most deeply
held assumptions about race in American society.
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