How does Amir Marvasti explain the causes of spoiled identity for those of Middle Eastern descent who live in the United States? Identify and describe the interactional strategies that he says those in his study use to manage. Which do you think is most effective and why?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies, but should address terms such as stigma and spoiled identity and their impact on interaction and accounts required in the historical context of the hostage crises of 1972 during Olympic Games, the Gulf War, the 1993 and 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Accounting strategies are well described in the text and include humor, education, defiant accounting, cowering, and passing. Students should identify and detail each with examples and give evidence of which they think might be most effective based on what they have written. (Notably, each have their challenges--humor is not always accepted, passing can be dangerous if one does not pass effectively, defiance could lead to violence, education may be rejected, cowering is usually employed as “saving the body” which implies an already dangerous situation.)
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