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… depiction of the shy Asian girl commonly found in many other films, shows and novels. To students taking Arabic tojointheCIA,FBIorthe military VICTORIA MINKA MiC Staff Writer Graphic by Hibah Chughtai…

… and increasingly dis- turbing trend throughout my semesters of taking Arabic. In my classes, there has almost always been a student (often a cis white man) who is taking Arabic because they want to…

… declaring their pride in such a career goal to the students, faculty and staff around them. Many of our peers are students who identify as being of Arab or Middle East North African descent. As a student…

… Since arriving at the University of Michi- gan, I have taken Arabic language classes every single semester. As a rising junior, I have grown to deeply love the language and the cultural history that…

… informs it. If the pandemic permits, I am planning to study abroad this upcoming summer to improve my skills and immerse myself in an Arabic- speaking community. However, there has been an omnipresent…

… join the CIA, the FBI or the military in the future. While I understand the draw of learning a language to improve potential hireability, the fact that these institutions have directly harmed Arab…

… communities for decades is an alarming truth. Taking Arabic to make yourself more valuable to a system which intensely surveils Arab communities in the United States and continues to back states who commit…

… crimes against human- ity against Arabic-speaking people — read Israel and Palestine — demonstrates a fright- ening level of apathy. Then to learn Arabic while also continuing to hold prejudices and…

… negative stereotypes about Arabic-speaking people shows they will perpetuate the cur- rent systems of “enhanced interrogation” and turning a blind eye. Even more concerning is their naivety when…

… who doesn’t identify as Arab or MENA, I am made uncomfortable by their presence, and while I don’t speak for those who do, I can’t imagine what it is like for my classmates It has almost become a…

… and different struggles in the United States. Even now as I write in a newspaper section des- ignated for students of color, the U.S. government continues to label me as white. These two statements…

… if my family is associated with terrorist orga- nizations and snuck judgemental looks at my parents while speak- ing our native tongue. I am shov- ing aside my identity struggles as an Arab…

…, yet on legal docu- ments we are forced to check a box that misrepresents us. As a student of color, diversity Design by Hibah Chughtai As if the local Trump hats and Confederate flags weren…

… got my hopes up, the same realization would dawn on me: I won’t be counted. When researching the Univer- sity of Michigan’s undergraduate demographic, I couldn’t even tell how many MENA students…

… there were. All I could see in the pie chart was a large slice of ‘white,” and my identity was lost somewhere with- in it. Despite the Common Applica- tion allowing students to make the distinction…

… between “white (Euro- pean)” and “white (Middle East- ern),” all this did was give MENA students a false glimmer of hope despite a total lack of practical- ity. The fact that MENA students get excited…

… should have the same opportunity. Especially in a post 9/11 world, Muslims and Arabs have become a larger target for dis- crimination, and it is crucial that we have a separate legal identifica- tion…

…, we’ve gone to the Michigan Africans, we’ve gone to BSU (Black Student Union), we’ve gone to the Arab Student Association and we’ve had conversations with them. We have already taken that leap by…

…Read more at MichiganDaily.com News Wednesday, March 30, 2022 — 3 ADMINISTRATION The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Design by Kate Shen Graduate students at the Univer- sity of Michigan…

… School of Social Work walked out of their classes Monday morning and gathered on the Diag to rally for Payments for Placements (P4P). This is a student campaign demanding that the Uni- versity begin…

… compensating Master of Social Work (MSW) students for their internship work; around 80 members of the campus commu- nity attended the walkout. In 2017, MSW students, Social Work alumni and social workers…

… started a petition calling for fair compensation for their field work. Most recently in January, MSW students submitted a petition with over 300 student signatures to Social Work Dean Joseph Himle and…

… Social Work Education requires that MSW students across the U.S. complete 900 hours of field work during their master’s program. SSW spokeswoman Lisa Raycraft confirmed that at the University, non…

…-advanced standing MSW stu- dents must complete 912 hours of field work to get their degree. How- ever, MSW students with advanced standing — those who come into the University with a BSW — only have to complete…

… week.” Other students within the Social Work School shared Abraham’s frustration. A survey conducted by the P4P leaders found that 83% of respondents worked additional jobs on top of the required…

… helps protect workers’ rights. Fischer empha- sized that the field work is primarily intended to academically support the MSW program by providing students with hands-on experience before receiving…

… their degree. “Students are unlicensed pro- fessionals and would not be able to engage in MSW-level work,” Fisch- er wrote. “Field placements also provide opportunities for students to discover new…