Arabs & Muslims

Characteristics of Orientalism, Prejudice, and Discrimination

When I first read over this assignment, it intrigued me because I do not really know the difference between these two races either. So I got to ask myself the same question, what is the difference between Muslims and Arabs?

So here is what I came to find out, that Arabs are people who live in the Arabian land and they are their own people. Arabs also include people such as: Muslims, Christians and Jews and the Arabian land usually contains the history of most of these religions.

Muslims on the other hand are the followers of Islam, and most of them actually live in or around the Arabian land. Even the prophet Mohammed was Arabian and other people such as Jesus, Moses, and many other prophets, who the Koran talked about. There are also plenty of Muslims all over the world as well.

When asked if there have been any changes made to the policies concerning the treatment of these people, I don’t really think things have really changed. I think things haven’t really changed since the 2001 terrorists attacks. Even though most of those people had nothing to do with it, in people’s minds it doesn’t matter, the way those people see is that, if you are part of those races, they feel as if you are just as guilty as the terrorists who committed the act. I know it is not right, but people still tend to think that way in our country. It would be just as if Americans were living overseas and you might hear people call them the terrorists, oil thieves, warmongers, etc. and just violently bash them just because they are Americans. I think that only the people who truly experience this racial hate daily would understand the stuff that you go through. I am sure there are plenty of Americans who would like to stop this, but quite frankly, there will still be people who think in their own way and beliefs.

Orientalism is pretty much the study of the Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures,...