Vigilante Racism: The De-Americanization of Immigrant America

Hing, Bill Ong

doi:10.2139/ssrn.312879

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Vigilante Racism: The De-Americanization of Immigrant America

Bill Ong Hing

University of San Francisco - School of Law

Michigan Journal of Race and Law, Vol. 7, Spring 2002

Abstract:
The mistreatment of those of Arab, Muslim, and Sikh descent in the United States post September 11 amounts to vigilante racism--the enforcement of a presumed code of what constitutes a "true" American. In the process, the culprits engage in a process of "de-Americanizing" individuals of color, informing them that they do not belong to the American community. There are two Americas; one that is embracing of diversity, the other that continues to be premised on a Euro-centric vision.

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Keywords: race, culture, hate crime, discrimination, hate speech, de-Americanize, racism, vigilante, diversity, Euro-centrism

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Date posted: August 16, 2002

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Hing, Bill Ong, Vigilante Racism: The De-Americanization of Immigrant America. Michigan Journal of Race and Law, Vol. 7, Spring 2002. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=312879 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.312879

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