Islamophobia and Racism in America

286 Pages·2017·5.57 MB·English

by  Erik Love

Islamophobia and Ra cism in Amer ica

Islamophobia and Racism in America
Erik Love
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1. The Racial Dilemma 1
2. The Racial Paradox 35
3. Islamophobia in America 83
4. Confronting Islamophobia 117
5. Civil Rights Coalitions 144
6. Toward a New Civil Rights Era 195
Methodological Appendix 209
Notes 217
References 231
Index 249
About the Author 267
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List o f Figures and T ables
Figures
Figure 3.1. Sample PowerPoint slide from bigoted FBI
“counterterrorism” training materials 106
Figure 5.1. Photo of American- Arab Anti-D iscrimination
Committee (ADC) volunteer, ca. 1980. (ADC. Used
by permission.) 154
Figure 5.2. Photo of ADC co- founder James Abourezk at an
anti-A partheid event, 1980. (ADC. Used by permission.) 155
Figure 5.3. Photo of Rev. Jesse Jackson speaking at the ADC
Convention, 1984. (ADC. Used by permission.) 156
Figure 5.4. Photo of Arab American Institute (AAI) volunteers,
2012. (AAI. Used by permission.) 160
Figure 5.5. Photo of National Capital Immigration Coalition
rally, 2013. (South Asian Americans Leading Together.
Used by permission.) 173
Tables
Table 2.1. Numbers of Immigrants Admitted to the United
States from Selected Middle Eastern Countries,
1965– 2014 56
Table 2.2. Percentage of All US Immigrants from Egypt, Iran,
Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen,
1965– 2014 56
Table 2.3. Numbers of Immigrants Admitted to the United
States from Selected South Asian Countries,
1965– 2014 58
Table 2.4. Percentage of All US immigrants from Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, 1965– 2014 58
Table 2.5. Percentage of All US immigrants from Selected Middle
Eastern and South Asian Countries, 1965– 2014 60
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