عنوان

Iranian American Perceptions of Experienced Prejudice and Discrimination in the Political and Social Context of the United States of America

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انگلیسی

Iranian American Perceptions of Experienced Prejudice and Discrimination in the Political and Social Context of the United States of America

[Thesis]

Shari Paige

Hatfield, Elaine

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

2014

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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-24024-5

Ph.D.

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

2014

The post 9/11 context created a political and social climate in the United States (U.S.) that promoted prejudice and discrimination against anyone who looked Middle Eastern (e.g., Iranian) or Muslim (Britto, 2008). I was interested in how much and what kinds of prejudice and discrimination Iranian Americans with various religious affiliations perceived. Iranian American perceptions were explored by examining their Social Identity (Tajfel & Turner, 1979; Tanti, Stukas, Halloran, & Foddy, 2010). The specific dimension of Iranian American social identity examined was religious affiliation and how it related to perceived Ethnic Harassment (Schneider, Hitlan, & Radhakrishnan, 2000) and Social Distance (Bogardus, 1947; Rollock & Vrana, 2005) from Euro Americans. Based on the current social and political context and social identity differences between Iranian Americans and Euro Americans, I hypothesized that Iranian American Muslims would report perceiving more experiences of prejudice and discrimination (as assessed by measures of frequency and severity) than would Iranian American Jews or those without religious affiliation. In addition, I hypothesized that Iranian American Muslims, who appeared more prototypically Muslim, would report perceiving a higher rate of prejudice and discrimination (as assessed by measures of frequency and severity), than did Iranian American Muslims who appeared more prototypically Western.

Religion; Philosophy; Social psychology; Middle Eastern Studies; Ethnic studies

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Psychology;Discrimination;Identity;Iranian;Perception;Prejudice;Religion

Abubaker, Iman

Hatfield, Elaine

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

1611919901; 3582943

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