![]() ![]() Yet Broken argues that, even amid this challenge to institutionalized Islamophobia, diversity initiatives fail on their promise by only focusing on crisis moments.Įvelyn Alsultany argues that Muslims get included through "crisis diversity," where high-profile Islamophobic incidents are urgently responded to and then ignored until the next crisis. This extraordinary act of Islamophobia provoked unprecedented opposition: Hollywood movies and mainstream television shows began to feature more Muslim characters in contexts other than terrorism universities and private businesses included Muslims in their diversity initiatives and the criminal justice system took hate crimes against Muslims more seriously. One of Donald Trump's first actions as President was to sign an executive order to limit Muslim immigration to the United States, a step toward the "complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" he had campaigned on. ![]() How diversity initiatives end up marginalizing Arab Americans and US Muslims PROSE Award- Media and Cultural Studies Finalist ![]()
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