Anti-ArabRacismintheUSAWhereitComesFroma-爱问共享资料.pdf

Anti-Arab Racism
in the USA
Where es from and
What It Means for Politics Today
STEVEN SALAITA
Pluto P Press
LONDON • ANN ARBOR, MI
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First published 2006 by Pluto Press
345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA
and 839 Greene Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106

Copyright © Steven Salaita 2006
The right of Steven Salaita to be identifi ed as the author of this work has been
asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
1988.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 0 7453 2517 3 hardback
ISBN 0 7453 2516 5 paperback
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction: The Evolution of White Supremacy 1
1 The Perilous World of Savages and Barbarians 30
2 Ethnic Identity and Imperative Patriotism:
Arab Americans Before and After 9/11 71
3 Observations on a New Fifth Column:
Anti-Arab Racism in the American University 100
4 Is Zionism Racism? 133
5 Why God Hates Me 166
6 Redressing Abu Ghraib: the Racism of Denial 189
Conclusion: Stories of a Different Kind 212
Notes 230
Index 245
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To all victims of racism, everywhere
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Acknowledgements
Although this book was written primarily during the summer
of 2004, it has been in formation for many years. During the
time that I have been contemplating anti-Arab racism and its
effects on the cultures