United States-Centric Views Comparison

United States-Centric Views Comparison

The tables are similar due to both agreed on similar answers such as family oriented, well educated, law abiding. Most of these descriptors match any person's good character rather than religion oriented.

The difference on the tables are due to a person's religious values or politics point of view; each person has a personal opinion on what they think is correct based on their upbringing and personal values.

And yes, the descriptors that are listed in both group categories can be any individual's character or personality. It is not discriminated on race, color, ethnicity or religion. The descriptors that are listed in both group categories would be: family oriented, well educated, devoted, strict moral values, law abiding and moderate moral values.

The two descriptors I think are true about Christian Americans are that the women do go to work on a daily basis and that political environment is open to both sexes.

The two descriptors I feel that are wrong would be undereducated and violent.

The two descriptors I feel that are true about Muslim and Arab Americans are that they are governed by the Qur'an and the other descriptor would be the male-dominated political environment.

The two descriptors I feel that are false would be undereducated and violent. I personally feel that both are not undereducated or violent.

Americans have generally stereotyped Arabs and Muslims negatively for many decades and their reputation has deteriorated significantly in the recent past. There are a few vital reasons this how negative stereotype has been created and why Arab Americans are discriminated against in the U.S. One of the main events that ruined the reputation of Arabs around the world was the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. On this day, 19 terrorists high-jacked four planes and crashed them in to the side of both World Trade towers resulting in the death of almost 3,000 people. This event significantly changed history and the way the American's perceive this particular group of people. In addition, the media coverage on the war plays a big role in the perception of Arabs and Muslims. Every day on the news Americans hear about bombings from suicide bombers and others that have caused the deaths of many American soldiers and have destroyed countless cities. These actions and events create the belief that all Arabs are terrorists and are dangerous to our society.

Christian Americans are stereotyped in American society as well. They have been conceived as being very preachy, hypocrites, against scientific research, and overly controlling of women. It seems that these stereotypes are intensified by the actions of certain celebrities