SOCC25H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Feminist Formations, Arab Americans, Arab Culture
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Lecture eleven: current debates in ethnicity, race, and migration [november 25, Islamophobia and the privileging of arab american women, nwsa journal. 18(3): 155-61. favor muslim women over men, men as enemy of state and women as victims. Main oppressors of women are the male family members and not the american society. Muslim men are erased from the culture, the only time they are in pop culture is when they are portrayed as terrorists. The veil as the greatest evil, when other areas are ignored, such as access to education, etc. Arab men are especially being silenced, deported, and imprisoned, etc. Women have to speak up and fend for themselves. As their male acquaintances are deported, they remain in canada and they have to represent their race and religion. The article talks about how they have to assimilate to the culture and they would do anything more. But the article points out that because they don"t want boys, there are only girls.
