March 19, 1990 (vol. 100, iss. 111) • Page Image 4
… disabilities and to strengthen their legal rights. Arab stereotypes need to be fought. By Dina Khoury Suppose a survey were conducted of University of Michigan students to deter- mine their attitudes towards…
… community, such results should be met with alarm and despair. Such a survey was recently conducted on campus, but instead of testing student attitudes about Blacks, the survey was concerned with Arabs…
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…. Roughly 90 percent of those responding agreed that Arabs were both intelligent or competent and hard- working or diligent. And roughly 90 percent disagreed with the statement "Arabs are unclean." However, a…
… core group ranging from 20-35 percent of the respondents consistently agreed with negative statements such as "Arabs are terrorists," "Arabs are warlike," and "Arabs hate Jews." While these statements…
… might cause other ethnic groups to bristle, the Arab- American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the group conducting the poll, was somewhat encouraged by the results. Khoury is an LSA junior. The…
… racist stereotypes. This can only breed further tension on campus. The ADC conducted the survey to de- termine what stereotypes are most preva- lent among University students and there- fore in what ways…
… we must educate the community to help end these stereotypes. The survey was conducted by phone and the respondents were chosen at random from the University student directory. The students were…
… replies. Our goal is to humanize Arabs in the face of traditionally dehumanizing media portrayals. To have 20-35 percent of those polled holding such negative attitudes to- wards Arabs in an educated…
… community is unacceptable. In order for us to move for- ward to an atmosphere of greater tolerance, we must strive to understand one another rather than condemn in ignorance. Anti-Arab stereotyping is not a…






























