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1
What Would You Do?
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?v8czPXxwbg5U
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vPqbQWxHIn4UNR1

2
Chapter 8 Working With Arab Americans
3
How do typical myths and stereotypes about Arab
Americans compare with reality?
  • Stereotype 1 The nomadic desert-tribe Arab
  • Stereotype 2 The oil-rich sheik
  • Stereotype 3 The Arab terrorist
  • Stereotype 4 The violent Muslim fundamentalist
  • Stereotype 5 The subservient Arab woman
  • Stereotype 6 The dark, swarthy (dangerous?)
    Arab man

4
How have these myths and stereotypes evolved?
  • First Wave
  • Second Wave
  • Terms to Use for Arab Americans

5
What do we know about Arab Americans today?
  • Population
  • Countries of Origin
  • Where Arab Americans Are Located
  • Age Patterns
  • Educational Level
  • Occupations
  • Income
  • Family Size

6
What are typical values and customs of Middle
Eastern cultures?
  • Language
  • Worldviews and Religions
  • Christians
  • Muslims
  • Integration of Church and State
  • Muslims Worldwide
  • Muslim Belief
  • Religious Education

7
What are typical values and customs of Middle
Eastern cultures? (Continued)
  • Family Values and Customs
  • Gender Differences
  • Manly Honor
  • Girls Sexual Morality
  • Typical Marriages
  • Muslim Social Customs
  • Using Physical Space
  • Handshaking
  • Body Covering
  • Food

8
What issues are currently most important to Arab
Americans?
  • Issue 1 Israel-Palestine Conflict
  • Issue 2 U.S. Mideast Oil Policy
  • Issue 3 American-Arab Culture Clash
  • Islamic Culture
  • Government
  • Womens Honor
  • Islam as a Religion or as Culture
  • American Culture
  • The Middle Class and Freedom
  • Women and The Feminine
  • Generation Gap

9
What issues are currently most important to Arab
Americans? (Continued)
  • Issue 4 Discriminatory Profiling
  • Political Activism
  • U.S. Government Policy
  • Arab American Organizations
  • Issue 5 Representation in U.S. Politics

10
How can I help the organization meet the needs
and wants of Arab Americans?
  • Give protection from stereotyping
  • Get to know them as individuals
  • Recognize their personal strengths and potential
  • Capitalize on their networking skills
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