The Specter of Orientalism: How Political Discrimination Prevents Group-Dissociation among Arab-American Christians

• In Event: Assimilation and Acculturation

Brief Overview

When possible, group members are willing to discard membership in low-status groups. This paper finds that perceptions of political discrimination prevents dissasociation from the pan-ethnic group among Arab American Christians.

Author

• Maya Khuzam, University of California-Los Angeles