In her interview with Dalton Conley, Jen'nan Read discusses the meaning of the terms "Arab" and "Muslim." Prior to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Arab Americans were mostly unnoticed in the United States. Since then, however, Arab Americans have been the targets of racism and discrimination, and they have now been effectively racialized because
a.) the census has determined that all Arab Americans are Muslim.
b.) of the interest in identifying members of the same ethnic group.
c.) of the tendency to conflate the terms "Arab" and "Muslim."
d.) right-wing nativists have enacted laws that identify Arab Americans as Muslim.
Ans: c.) of the tendency to conflate the terms "Arab" and "Muslim."
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