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Vice Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 moved the resolution, which denounces "the irrational targeting of persons of Arab descent and/or Muslims...
Such unnerving incidents have become common for the 250,000 Iraqi Americans living in the U.S., along with 2.2 million other Americans of Arab descent. For this diverse, and often divided, community, the outbreak of war has brought despair, anger, threats of attack, charges of disloyalty and fears for family still living in the line of fire. "These two civilizations that have defined us are now clashing," says James Zogby, executive director of the Arab American Institute. "It's like a bus is coming at us at 100 m.p.h., and it's 10 ft. away, and we just want...
...measure of widespread ignorance about the Arab-American community. Few are aware, for example, of the degree to which Arab-Americans have flourished in this country, rising to the ranks of White House chief of staff and Senate majority leader: both John Sununu and George Mitchell are of Arab descent, as are Paula Abdul, Ralph Nader and Danny Thomas. Arab Americans are better educated than the U.S population as a whole, more likely to hold management or professional positions, and wealthier: the average household income of $22,973 is above the U.S. average...
...Detroit "told me they're going to support the President, that that's the only way they can be safe. I said, 'But you don't believe what you're saying.' They said, 'That's the only way we can be safe.' " In Wellesley, Mass., a woman of Iraqi descent who works at Harvard as a computer designer used to speak out at neighborhood meetings on Middle East events. Now, friends say, she stays out of sight and tries to conceal her Arab connections...
Just as painful in these months leading up to war has been the suggestion that citizens of Arab descent pose a security risk that warrants investigation by the FBI, which has been intensively questioning some Arab Americans about their political affiliations and possible knowledge of terrorist activities. The outbreak of war has heightened the scrutiny. Pan American World Airways banned all passengers with Iraqi passports, including legal residents of the U.S., from its flights. At airports, Arabs are intercepted by police, frisked and kept waiting for hours. The questions, says Boston attorney Susan Akram, are mostly insulting. "Police explain they...