04328oam 22010454a 450 99657186600331620230103234411.00-8147-8423-20-8147-8327-910.18574/nyu/9780814784235(CKB)2440000000014049(EBL)865924(OCoLC)779828309(SSID)ssj0000481744(PQKBManifestationID)11323384(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000481744(PQKBWorkID)10484964(PQKB)11305635(MiAaPQ)EBC865924(OCoLC)495794668(MdBmJHUP)muse10386(DE-B1597)548021(DE-B1597)9780814784235(EXLCZ)99244000000001404920080627d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhitewashed[electronic resource] America’s Invisible Middle Eastern Minority /John TehranianNew York New York University Pressc20091 online resource (256 p.)Critical AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-8273-6 0-8147-8306-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-226) and index.CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Price of the Ticket; 1 Constructing Caucasians: A Brief History of Whiteness; 2 Performing Whiteness: Law, Dramaturgy, and the Paradox of Middle Eastern Racial Classification; 3 From Friendly Foreigner to Enemy Race: Selective Racialization, Covering, and the Negotiation of Middle Eastern American Identity; 4 The Last Minstrel Show? Middle Easterners in Media; 5 Threat Level Orange: The War on Terrorism and the Assault on Middle Eastern Civil Rights; 6 Lifting the Veil: Thinking about Reform; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the AuthorMiddle 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, rCritical America.Race discriminationUnited StatesRacismUnited StatesWhite peopleRace identityUnited StatesTurkish AmericansLegal status, laws, etcIranian AmericansLegal status, laws, etcArab AmericansLegal status, laws, etcTurkish AmericansSocial conditionsIranian AmericansSocial conditionsArab AmericansSocial conditionsUnited StatesRace relationsCatch-22.Iranian-American.John.Middle-Eastern.Tehranian.analysis.analyze.bizarre.classification.combines.critical.current.events.experiences.experts.legal.personal.racial.theory.this.trends.with.Race discriminationRacismWhite peopleRace identityTurkish AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.Iranian AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.Arab AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.Turkish AmericansSocial conditions.Iranian AmericansSocial conditions.Arab AmericansSocial conditions.305.89/4073Tehranian John1461873MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996571866003316Whitewashed3670715UNISA