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  title info:
    title: Islamophobia and racism in America
  name:
    name part: Love, Erik
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2017
    copyright date: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  abstract: Islamophobia has long been a part of the problem of racism in the United States, and it has only gotten worse in the wake of shocking terror attacks, the ongoing refugee crisis and calls from public figures like Donald Trump for drastic action. As a result, the number of hate crimes committed against Middle Eastern Americans of all origins and religions have increased, and civil rights advocates struggle to confront this striking reality. In Islamophobia and Racism in America, Erik Love draws on in-depth interviews with Middle Eastern American advocates. He shows that, rather than using a well-worn civil rights strategy to advance reforms to protect a community affected by racism, many advocates are choosing to bolster universal civil liberties in the United States more generally, believing that these universal protections are reliable and strong enough to deal with social prejudice. In reality, Love reveals, civil rights protections are surprisingly weak, and do not offer enough avenues for justice, change and community reassurance in the wake of hate crimes, discrimination and social exclusion. This unique and timely study wrestles with the disturbing implications of these findings for the persistence of racism, including Islamophobia, in the twenty-first century. As America becomes a "majority-minority" nation, this strategic shift in American civil rights advocacy signifies challenges in the decades ahead, making Love's findings essential for anyone interested in the future of universal civil rights in the United States.
  table of contents: The racial dilemma and Middle Eastern Americans -- The racial paradox -- Islamophobia in America -- Confronting Islamophobia -- Civil rights coalitions -- Toward a new civil rights era.
  note: Erik Love.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Islamophobia
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Muslims
    geographic: United States
    topic: Social conditions
  subject:
    topic: Racism
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Race relations
  classification: E184.M88 L68 2017
  classification: 305.6/970973
  identifier: 9781479804924
  identifier: 1479804924
  identifier: 9781479838073
  identifier: 1479838071
  identifier: 2016044889
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 170310
    record change date: 20191012063936.0
    record identifier: in00003806066